I went through this for years. I dealt with amenorrhea, irregular periods, ovarian cysts. and estrogen dominance. OB-GYNs, nurses, and even functional MDs provided me with countless different options for contraceptives, as well as progesterone cream, without actually taking the time to get to the root causes problems at hand. 

And I see this time and time again in my clinic. My clients come to me having had previous practitioners who got so dialed in on hormone replacement therapy, birth control, and even some natural hormone-supporting supplements or nutritional modifications that emphasized the macro and micronutrients that best support hormonal balance…but ultimately ignored the toxins that actually disrupt their hormones. So they are months, or typically years, into those treatments/protocols and they’re STILL not feeling better.

An important piece of the hormone health conversation pertains to the hormone-disrupting toxins that we are exposed to on a daily basis. And if we don’t start making them part of mainstream medical conversations, both women AND men are going to have a hard time finding any type of true hormonal balance. 

Xenoestrogens, toxins that have estrogen-mimicking effects, are some of the biggest influencers in hormonal imbalance. They can be found in plastics, pesticides, insecticides, parabens in our personal care products, petrochemicals in our tap water, phthalates in our food packaging, and more. But one of the xenoestrogens I see talked about the least but influences my clients the most is MOLD with estrogenic properties!

Mold & Your Hormones

I remember a few years ago, I ran a Mycotoxin (mold toxin) Urinalysis Panel on my one client, Katie, as we were running several functional medicine labs to better identify the root causes of her chronic fatigue, brain fog, bloating, and mold swings. As we were reviewing her results that showed several elevated mycotoxins, she shared with me that her previous practitioner (who was also in the functional medicine space) told her that it would be “impossible” for her to have mycotoxins in her system. My client had been struggling for years with her chronic health challenges, suspecting that there may be mold in her condo that was contributing to her issues, but her previous practitioner gaslit her into thinking that there was NO WAY mold could be an issue.

Let’s take the mycotoxin, Zearalenone, for example.

Zearalenone (ZEA) is technically an estrogenic mycotoxin, meaning it mimics estrogen and can actually bind to the SAME receptors as estrogen can… that’s a problem! ZEA is a food-prone mold toxin found in maize and other cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, sorghum, rye, and wheat (note: whether a food is organic or not, it can still have mold). 

ZEA exposure has been tied to infertility, bleeding problems, immune and endocrine system issues, and beyond. 

In vivo studies have shown how ZEA can influence ovulation rates in animals.

ZEA has also been found to have the potential to cause cell proliferation in women with endometriosis who do not have sufficient estrogen levels. It can potentially exacerbate the condition by “stepping in” with its own estrogenic properties, binding to estrogen receptors, and worsening the condition.

And ZEA is just ONE type of mycotoxin. Mold exposure as a whole also impairs liver function, one of the primary organs responsible for healthy hormone metabolism. 

Estrogen dominance, an incredibly common condition among women it today’s world, is also linked to mold, leading to symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, anxiety, depression, bloating, mood swings, hair loss, insomnia, low libido, and more. You likely have a congested liver with impaired function due to toxins like mold and other environmental toxins, and some sludgy bile affecting hormone metabolite excretion and detox as a whole!

So why are the majority of practitioners failing to even consider mold as a potential root cause?

We can thank our conventional medicine education system for that! Unfortunately, even though the studies are out there, it takes an average of 17 years from the time a study is done until its actually put into conventional medicine practice. And even then, many of these facts get bull-dozed or completely swept under the rug by the mainstream medical curriculums funded by Big Pharma. most aren’t trained to think outside of the standard education they have received. Don’t worry – that’s what we’re here for. Just like Katie did, if you are serious about getting to the root causes and finding solutions to the health problems that your doctors have dismissed, let’s chat.

Potential Next Steps for Addressing Mold Toxicity

Here are a few things you can do right now to start educating yourself a bit more on mold and supporting the detox process.

1. Find more general education on mold, including tips for a low-mold diet, general ways to support your body’s ability to detox mold, etc via my “Mold” Highlight Bubble on Instagram.
2. Focus on getting your drainage pathways open FIRST before pushing comprehensive detox of mold or any other toxin. You can get instant access to my 3 Day Drainage Clinic HERE to get you started.
3. If you are ready to get the utmost clarity and take a fully bio-individualized approach to identifying and addressing all root cause variables at play with your hormone imbalances and other symptoms, including mold and beyond, scheduling your 1 on 1 comprehensive consultation is the next best step for you!

We’re here to help you heal!

Rooting for you, always.

Lyss

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And those are just to name a few!

I dealt with it all for 20+ YEARS!

Not a single general practitioner, infectious disease specialist, or gastroenterologist in the mainstream medical system brought up any of the root causes (that I share below) as potential variables for my gut issues. Not one.

Some claimed that my gut problems were probably just “genetic” because several of my other family members had gut issues. Dad has IBS so it’s “normal” for me to deal with it too?

[Insert permanent eye roll here].

What’s crazy is that, when several family members deal with the same symptoms, most practitioners will default to the “it’s just genetic” response. Never was it considered that maybe numerous family members would experience similar symptoms and be diagnosed with similar conditions because they have common toxic exposures or other lifestyle and environmental factors that manifest as similar health challenges.

The mainstream medical system isn’t talking about how using the same toxic household products, drinking the same toxic tap water, eating the same foods drenched in glyphosate and pesticides, having the same stress management techniques (or lack thereof) and refusing to resolve generational trauma, etc can all be at the root of what appear to be “genetic” issues. I have another blog on epigenetics and how those variables influence your genes HERE.

But if it wasn’t the “genetics” response that practitioners were feeding me, it’s like they didn’t give me any reasoning at all! buThey quickly gave me some type of over-the-counter medication, resorting to the easy one-size-fits-all strategy based on a pill for every ill.

Name it, blame it, and tame it, as they say….

Slamming Kaopectate, Imodium, Tums, Gaviscon, Nexium, and making sure that I knew where the closest bathroom was the only “solution” presented by all the doctors I paid my time, money, and energy to in the conventional medicine space

Even in my beginning years in the functional medicine space, I’d receive a diagnosis of SIBO or Leaky gut, but we never REALLY got to the root of WHY my small intestinal bacteria were even overgrown, or WHY my gut was leaky, or WHY the candida / yeast infections continued to be a problem despite treatment.

That’s what keeps us STUCK. Can you relate? Getting a diagnosis but still never getting to the root of the issue?

I’m here to extend a virtual hug and remind you that you do NOT have to live this way. I pray that you can leverage my decades of personal experience, research, testing, constantly digging deeper to trust in the fact that this does not have to be your fate. You do not just need to “accept” your gut issues.

Below are 5 major examples of root causes to gut issues that most practitioners will never talk about. By no means is this an exhaustive list! But this will give you initial insight regarding some of the many root cause variables at play! 

5 Root Causes Linked To Gut Issues like IBS, SIBO, Leaky Gut, & More!

1. Glyphosate. A widely used pesticide/herbicide that kills more than just weeds. It’s the key ingredient in weedkillers like Roundup and many lawn and garden treatments. It is linked to gut permeability, gut dysbiosis, Celiac disease, anxiety, cramps, diarrhea, cancer, and countless other health issues. And they’re spraying it right on our food. It is commonly found in any food that contains GMOs, high fructose corn syrup, corn, soy, etc. But fruits, veggies, grains and conventional meats and dairy can be filled with it too (This is a huge reason I urge clients to buy organic as much as possible). It gets in our water supply. It ends up in our personal care products like tampons or anything containing cotton. 
2. Mercury. And other heavy metals can cause intestinal microbial disorders, abnormal metabolite production, tight junction damage (hello leaky gut), and immune responses in the gut. On top of that mood swings, depression, mental health challenges, balance issues, insomnia, etc are also some top signs of mercury in your body.
3. Mycotoxins. These are toxic compounds that mold releases! Mycotoxins can often be found in corn, nuts, barley, rice, and even in most coffees and wines! You can also get exposure from living in a water damaged building that’s been contaminated with mold. Mycotoxins can cause perturbation in the gut, particularly in the intestinal epithelial (ruins the integrity of the gut). Other symptoms of mycotoxins can include: chronic fatigue and headaches, itchy and painful skin rashes, anxiety, autoimmune diseases, neurological issues, and suppressed immune function.
4. BPA. Bisphenol A is mostly found in plastics (think: water bottles, Tupperware, home water pipes, ziploc bags, saran wrap, etc.). It activates the innate immune response by inducing oxidative stress, which leads to the damaging or killing of healthy cells — ultimately disrupting the intestinal barrier function.
5. Chronic and acute stress. During times of stress, corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) is released from the hypothalamus— your body’s smart control coordinating center that influences your autonomic nervous system and hormones! It then disrupts the gastrointestinal (GI) system and leads to gut microbiota dysbiosis (your body’s gut barrier) that can negatively impact your immune system and metabolism (weight loss functionality).

This will increase the risk of functional gastrointestinal diseases, such as irritable bowel syndrome. CRF also increases oxidative damage to the colon and triggers immune responses involving mast cells, neutrophils (your body’s first line of immune system defense), and monocytes (your body’s natural ability to destroy germs, viruses, bacteria, etc.).

To learn more and dive into some content that more deeply addresses some of these primary topics, check out my Instagram Highlight Bubbles on:

• Gut Health
• Glyphosate
• Mold
• Heavy Metals

But if you’re ready and committed to accelerating the process of identifying and address YOUR root causes, the Root Cause Detox Clinic is an incredible next step.

This if for the person who is looking for a step-by-step detox roadmap, teaching you exactly how to identify and address the root causes of YOUR health challenges, helping you learn how to mitigate toxicity in your lifestyle and environment, guiding you through the process of executing a full spectrum detoxes, specialty detoxes, and more. Learn how to address root causes like heavy metals, mold, parasites, environmental toxins and countless others that are wreaking havoc on your gut. This is 10+ years of personal experience and practitioner education conveniently bundled together for your so that it doesn’t take you over a decade to heal like it did me. THIS is your blueprint. THIS is your roadmap. THIS is your toolbox that you’ll be able to leverage instantly, and for years to come.

I’m so excited for you to finally get the clarity and direction you’ve been looking for. I can’t wait to see you inside.

Rooting for you, always.

Lyss

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Are supplements valuable? Absolutely.

Are protocols like coffee enemas and castor oil packs supportive of your healing? Of course.

Can red light therapy, sauna, ozone treatments, etc help move the needle forward when it comes to optimizing your health. Yes!

But let’s not undervalue the resources and lifestyle changes that we can make for free in the process. Oftentimes, we see clients disregard totally these things because they are free. It’s like we subconsciously think that we can’t possibly get THAT much value from them unless they have a price tag.

Healing isn’t about finding that one special supplement or protocol that will “save” you or that next level biohack that will be the end-all-be-all for your healing. The things that I see TRULY compound over time, playing some of the most influential roles in a client’s healing, are these very things I’m about to share with you. 

I’m happy to talk about the cutting edge supplements and therapies. If you’ve followed me for any amount of time, you know I share passionately about those things as well on a regular basis. But DON’T miss this….

You still have to do the daily work—AKA—make the lifestyle changes if you want to truly heal. We tend to “go after” symptoms like bloating, chronic fatigue, brain fog, headaches / migraines, mood swings, hormonal imbalances, etc with protocols and special therapies, only to skip over these foundational FREE resources and practices that should ultimately provide as the solid ground in which you build your healing on.

Years ago, I couldn’t imagine it. I was so focused on loading up on the supplements, researching the greatest biohacking products, and figuring out how I was going to purchase every supportive device and protocol out there that would **finally** bring me healing. What I found is that skipping over these resources and practices was a BIG part of what was holding me back. Refusing to acknowledge how important they were was actually a bottleneck in my healing.

I want to keep you from making the same mistakes I did.

I want you to heal faster.

I want you to heal better.

So here 6 FREE resources you can leverage RIGHT NOW to support your healing. I’d start by picking 1-2 to focus on over the next 2 weeks as you begin to really prioritize these foundations:

1. Be asleep by 10pm-10:30pm or as close to it as possible to help optimize circadian rhythm and get the most restorative sleep. 
   • It’s not just a matter of sleeping 7.5-9 hours a night. But the time frame in which you get those hours of sleep matters. The body has its most restorative sleep when we are asleep by 10-10:30pm (are our melatonin levels rise and our cortisol levels dip). Waking up around 6/7am, or with the sun, helps to align our bodies with a more natural sleep/wake cycle! Of course, “life is life”, and this may not work absolutely perfectly for you! But aim for this general time frame as much as possible. 
2. Limit social media time & audit who you follow.
   • Unfollow or “snooze” any accounts that do anything other than support your health, personal development, or bring you joy. If an account and their content contain negativity, constantly address topics that bring you stress, cause you to feel bad about yourself, or get you to fall in the comparison trap, it’s time to clean house!
3. Schedule in “Recovery Periods”.
   • Despite what our culture may encourage, rest and relaxation are medicinal. Burnout is not a badge of honor. If you don’t choose a rest day for yourself, your body will choose it FOR you. You’re allowed to say no even if you aren’t busy. You don’t need to “earn” your rest. As Author Courtney Carver would say, “Overwhelm, exhaustion, resentment, and having no idea what delights you anymore are a few of the signs and signals that indicate you’ve given yourself to everyone but YOU.” My friend, your body desperately needs time to pause, restore, process, and heal. Be intentional about finding quiet moments. Listen to a meditation, calming music, or an audio book. Go for a walk. Listen to a sermon. Take a nap. Paint, mold clay, garden, do whatever you need to calm your adrenals and fill your soul. Maybe you even want to focus on quality family and friend time during these periods of rest. Loneliness and lack of deep connections can be the root causes of anxiety, depression, and chronic stress. Especially for introverted friends, this can be easier said than done—but so worth it. 
4. Grounding
   • Ever wonder why it can feel so relaxing to take a walk on the beach? Getting your bare feet and bare hands in touch with the natural energy of the earth actually has incredibly therapeutic properties. Get in contact with grass, sand, dirt or concrete. Take a barefoot walk. Do some gardening with your bare hands. Touch some flowers. Hug a tree. Countless studies support the therapeutic benefits of grounding such as reduction of chronic inflammation, reduced pain, improved sleep and circadian rhythm balance, improved blood flow and reduce blood viscosity (making blood less sludgy), and acceleration of wound healing (from injury, surgery, etc)! This is a free resource we can ALL access!
5. Move your body.
   • Movement is critical for your body—and mind and soul. It revs up endorphins, reduces anxiety and depression, supports blood flow and lymphatic flow, releases therapeutic constituents called exerkines that actually support our immune function, etc! You don’t need a 2-hour gym sesh to qualify as “exercise” or “movement.” Start with a walk, or even a few resistance training exercises. I have several catalogued on my youtube channel on my different “playlists” that you can check out for free! They’re categorized by different muscle groups!
6. Soak up some sunshine.
   • Get that free, natural Vitamin D to provide immune support, hormone support, and mental health support. Got low energy? Your cells RUN on sunlight. If you want to supercharge the mitochondria in your cells so they have the power to support your day to day activities, detox, and everything else you want to fuel in life, prioritize getting sun exposure (ideally at least 20 min of early day sun without being smothered in sunscreen, clothes that cover a large portion of the skin, or even sunglasses that keep the sun from entering the eyes (which is incredibly valuable for a cascade or processes within the body). 

What’s another FREE resource that I’ve carefully curated for you?!

The 3-Day Drainage Clinic

The 3-Day Drainage Clinic (still free for a limited time) equips you with the tools to help you to take one of the most important steps in your healing! This is a HUGE first step that so many people miss, and it keeps them sick long-term if it is not addressed. As you’re on a path to addressing YOUR root causes, doing the RIGHT things in the RIGHT order for the RIGHT amount of time to achieve optimal results is essential. And it starts with laying the foundations like we talked about above and getting your drainage pathways open.

If you’re comfortable with incorporating the foundations we discussed today and are ready to take that next step in your drainage and detox journey, you canGet Exclusive Access now!

Always rooting for you,

Lyss

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Are doctors just giving you standard, robotic answers and not taking the time to truly investigate your health challenges?

Then PLEASE keep on reading! This blog is just for you. 

Chronic Fatigue.

Brain Fog.

Bloating.

Abdominal pain.

Acne.

Mood Swings.

Hormone Imbalances.

These were just a few things that my previous practitioners dismissed over the years.

You know what I’d love to go back and say to some of my past “health experts”?

• Being so tired that I needed to take 2-3 naps a day, even after sleeping 8-10 hours every night, DIDN’T mean that I “had a Type A personality and just needed to relax”. It didn’t mean that I just “needed to workout a bit less” and that would solve my problems. (Yes, those were both responses that I received from previous docs).  But it was a cry for help from my system that my mitochondria were damaged, my toxicity was high, and my cellular batteries couldn’t keep up with the demand anymore
• Suffering from a lifetime of gut issues didn’t warrant a cookie-cutter answer of “You just have Irritable Bowel Syndrome… stock up on Tums and Pepto Bismol”. There were so many deeper root causes at hand.
• The stool tests that came back negative for parasites should not have been used as the sole determining factor for addressing parasites, as I had countless signs and symptoms
• Showing up at the E.R. in excruciating abdominal pain, only to have the staff run minimal blood work, and then give me a cup full of the equivalent of orange gatorade because “my potassium was just low” showed how broken our medical education system truly is. Years later I found out I had clear signs of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth my now mainstream medical trained doc would ever know that.

I could go on, and on, and on…

Even when they doubt you, even when they brush you off, even when they look at you like you’re crazy, know that you are not alone.

You DO have HOPE.

There are SOLUTIONS.

You DO NOT have to suffer silently.

A driving force in my becoming an Integrative Health Practitioner was the fact that my own symptoms were dismissed by other practitioners FOR YEARS. I had to ultimately become my own best practitioner.

Over the last 10 years I’ve made it my mission to help you identify and address YOUR root causes so you don’t feel reliant on the broken, medical sickcare system.

Just like one-size clothing never fits all (or really anyone), neither do standardized medical treatments.

You must find your ROOT CAUSES and properly address them in a bio-individualized way.

My true root causes were not Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Acid Reflux, being Type A, “being in my head too much”, etc

They actually were: 

• Lyme and coinfections like Babesia, Bartonella, and Mycoplasma
• Mold exposure
• Heavy metal toxicity
• Parasites
• Breast implant toxicity
• A variety of environmental/industrial toxins – especially glyphosate
• And unresolved trauma / nervous system dysregulation allowing all of these other issues to be so problematic 

What I really needed was a massive detox and lifestyle changes — not more ADHD medication or a 3rd antidepressant that didn’t actually address any of my root causes. 

But it wasn’t enough to just start dabbling in some functional medicine detoxes, gut protocols, adrenal resets, and the like. After transitioning into the functional medicine approach for about 5 years and having less improvement in symptoms than I initially anticipated, I realized something…

Doing the RIGHT things in the RIGHT order matters. 

Even after someone has the realization, just as I did, that the conventional medical system is failing them, and they want to lean into functional and integrative medicine practices, many people continue to struggle with unresolved or recurrent health challenges because they either aren’t clear on what steps to take to begin with to get to these deeper root causes, OR they are taking many of the right steps, but in the WRONG order!

Two of the biggest factors that I see missed when it comes to healing from chronic health challenges are:

1) Knowing exactly how to support drainage pathways before taking the steps to comprehensively address the toxins and pathogens influencing your health (and continuing to support them along the way)

2) Understanding HOW to comprehensively detox the body to minimize detox reactions and reduce the likelihood of recurrent infections

After being in the functional medicine space for several years as a patient, I had found myself on this hamster wheel of gut detoxes, adrenal protocols, functional medicine detoxes, mold protocols, only to feel like I was at a standstill with my healing. I had gotten a better than I was when I was in conventional medicine care. And as grateful as I was for that progress, I knew there was so much more work to be done and there were still blindspots that my practitioners had to be missing.

So I kept digging, and digging, and digging.

The TOP root causes to health challenges that I discovered over the years that are often ignored by medical professionals are: 

(**Note—this is NOT an exhaustive list)

✅Pesticides and herbicides

✅Toxic heavy metals

✅Other industrial toxins (VOCs, parabens, phthalates, etc.)

✅Radioactive elements (radon, uranium, radium)

✅Bio toxins like Mold and Lyme

✅Parasites

✅Viruses

✅Structural interference (your alignment matters)!

✅Dental infections and palate structure

✅Past trauma

✅Breast implants, fillers, and botox

✅Side effects of medications and vaccines

✅Insufficient stress management

✅Nutrient insufficiencies

Chronic fatigue, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, brain fog, mood swings, hormone imbalances, weight gain, headaches, migraines, acne, rashes, etc., are all symptoms of imbalance within the body. By identifying and addressing your deeper root causes, you can create a personalized road map for healing and get off the chronic illness hamster wheel.

Let me help you accelerate your results so your healing journey doesn’t have to drag out years longer than it needs to.

In my Root Cause Detox Clinic, I carefully curated a step-by-step detox system, teaching you not only how to get your drainage pathways open and prepare your body for detox, but how to identify and address the TRUE root causes of YOUR health challenges, how to mitigate toxicity in your lifestyle and environment, guiding you through the process of executing a full spectrum detox, speciality detoxes, and more! THIS is your detox toolbox equipping you with the foundational practices, principals, and protocols that I use with my private coaching clients. THIS is your toolbox for years to come to change yours and your family’s health for good!

Having this resource would have shaved YEARS off of my healing journey, but now it’s my privilege to be able to provide it to you to give you the clarity, direction, and clear roadmap that I could have only dreamed of years ago.

Click here to check out the Root Cause Detox Clinic.

To your healing,

Allyssa LaScala, IHP

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• “Well our family has been using THESE products (Tide, Downy, etc) for generations! They can’t be a problem.”
• “But we’ve ALWAYS drank this city water / well water…”
• “But our family has always eaten this way. This is just how we do it.”
• “Well THIS is just how we’re raised to handle conflict/deal with life’s challenges. My parents and grandparents do the same thing”
• “But everyone in my family is a night owl. That’s just how we are.”

But these same individuals can often say, “You know, [chronic fatigue, thyroid issues, bloating, brain fog, insert symptom here] run in my family…”

I see this ALL THE TIME in my clinic . Heck, I used to say things like this all the time.

“Irritable Bowel Syndrome just runs in my family (as I lived on Kaopectate, Imodium, and Tums”

“Depression runs in my family (as every single one of us was on an antidepressant)”.

“The women in my family all have hormone issues (as we all leveraged birth control for balancing hormones, or other meds or surgeries to “resolve” the issue).

It took me decades to realize that just because a health challenge appears to be GENERATIONAL doesn’t mean it’s GENETIC. And even if there is genetic predisposition… there was WAY more to the story.

When I’m working with my private clients and we begin to dive deeper into THEIR personal case history, family health history, symptomatology, and maybe even some lab work, I’m able to more clearly show THEM how “Just because the family used ‘this’ or did ‘that’” for decade after decade, doesn’t mean it came without harm. And it’s not necessarily a coincidence that we’re all using the same products, following similar practices, and ending up with similar health challenges.

After doing a bit of digging together, it often becomes evident that their family members, and even friends or neighbors who can have many of the same practices or toxin exposures, also see generation after generation having similar health challenges to one another like high blood pressure, cancer, eczema or other skin issues, infertility, anxiety, depression, irritable bowel syndrome or other gut issues, autoimmune diseases, chronic fatigue, thyroid issues, insomnia, etc.

And we could easily default to saying, “[Insert health issue here] must run in the family.” When in reality, these same toxic practices and exposures are ALSO running in the family🤔

Now, I’m not so ignorant as to say that genetics don’t play a role in our health. But I WILL forever advocate for the fact that we give genetics WAY more credit than they deserve while not talking nearly enough on the lifestyle and environmental choices that change the way these genes are expressed (more on that to come below).

Now, there are also situations where the symptoms that a client is dealing with DON’T appear to be “generational” or “genetic”.

My friend, your body isn’t broken. It’s the health education system that’s broken. 

They’ve overlooked these root causes to weight loss resistance (and countless other health challenges) for far too long. And it’s time to end the gaslighting.

Some clients will say things like….

“I just don’t get how my other family members CAN use those personal care products or cleaners, drink tap water, eat that garbage, and not be as sick as me! Why don’t they have the same symptoms that I do?!”

But again, if we go down that rabbit hole together, they start to realize that their family members, while they may not currently have some of the same symptoms as they do, are not as healthy as they may imagine them to be. Their symptoms are often manifesting in different ways, but the compromised health is indeed still there. Our culture has normalized so many symptoms that we just look at them as “part of life” or “part of getting older” versus being red flags in our health! And this is often the case when we start to look at the health of our family members.

Toxic environments and lifestyles run in families too (but they don’t have to).

• Toxin/pathogen load passed by birth
• Water and air quality
• Eating habits
• Personal care product usage
• Medical practices and choices (medication usage, vaccination choice, etc)
• Generational trauma
• Coping mechanisms 
• Stress Management techniques

All can easily and sometimes subconsciously be passed down to new generations. But, we have [[so much more]] power than we realize.

Ever heard of something called Epigenetics?

Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes that occur without changes in DNA sequence. (AKA: The study of how your environment and other factors can actually change the way genes are expressed – they can literally change your DNA)!

Depending on your lifestyle and environmental choices, this can work FOR you or AGAINST you. You can give your genes an “upgrade” and help them to be expressed in a healthier manner by making healthy lifestyle and environmental choices. Or you could have generally healthy genes, but carry out poor quality lifestyle and environmental choices and negatively influence your gene expression (more disease, illness, etc)

The science of epigenetics plays a huge role in health issues that run in families. The way you live your life determines HOW your genes are expressed. 

From the time we are born, we are exposed to the same toxins and pathogens that our parents are exposed to. The average newborn has about 300 toxins in their body at the time of birth! Then we enter this world as our own human being and continue to add more of these same toxins and pathogens into our toxic load bucket.

All of these factors have the ability to change the way that your genes are expressed. Genetics can load the gun, but lifestyle and environment ultimately can determine whether the trigger is even pulled. Our choices have POWER!!

Some people may very much resist this fact because it goes against what they’ve known their entire life, and it puts ownership of our health back into our hands. However, it doesn’t make it any less true.

The toxic cycle can STOP with YOU.

You have the power to take ACTION, and I’m here to teach and equip you with the most effective tools that will break toxic generational cycles!

This is one of the primary reasons why I created the Root Cause Detox Clinic , giving you a step-by-step detox roadmap, teaching you exactly how to identify and address the root causes of YOUR health challenges, helping your learn how to mitigate toxicity in your lifestyle and environment, guiding you through the process of executing a full spectrum detox, speciality detoxes, and more! THIS is your detox toolbox that you will use for years to come to change yours and your family’s health for good!

By embarking on a dedicated detox journey, you’re taking a proactive approach to drastically reducing your toxic load as we live in a world where we are exposed to toxins now more than ever, contributing to more health issues than ever. This process is a crucial step towards healing from chronic health challenges and reclaiming your health long-term!

• Fatigue
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Brain fog
• Skin issues
• Allergies
• Mood swings
• Poor sleep
• Bloating
• Infertility
• Hormone imbalances
• And countless other health issues

…Can all END with you!

It’s up to you to take action now with The Root Cause Detox Clinic.

To your health and happiness,

Allyssa LaScala, IHP

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Why You May Be Having Trouble Losing Fat In Your Mid-Section (and no, it’s not just a matter of eating less calories)…

If you have fat that you’ve been trying to lose and it’s REALLY difficult for you to break through this weight loss plateau, especially in your midsection It seems like nothing’s working?… it is absolutely possible that you have heavy metals, toxic chemicals, and exposure to foods that you can’t fully digest, and that is CAUSING your body to hold on to more fat.

Here’s what I mean….

Your body is freakin smart. When it’s exposed to something toxic, it produces white fat cells as a protective mechanism to keep toxins AWAY from your brain. So everytime that you’re taking in something toxic — whether it be pesticides on your food, heavy metals from toxic cookware, ingredients in implants (whether they be breast implants, IUDs, etc), mold exposure, or even consumption of foods that cause inflammation like dairy and gluten — your body will create white fat cells to surround that toxin, to protect your brain.

And then once your body has created these toxic fat cells, its not too willing to release them. Your body can intentionally hold on to those fat cells with a death grip because it doesn’t want to allow them to get back into circulation and risk them harming your brain.

So how do you get past this? How do you break this cycle when you already have higher fat stores. 

You need to improve your detoxification capabilities by reducing your body’s inflammation through the RIGHT foods and the RIGHT supplements ( and this is why I focus so greatly on this during my 7 Day Reset program), and stop exposing yourself to those toxins. They may be toxins you’re consuming through foods, beverages, personal care products, or your environment. But you need to identify the source and separate yourself from it as soon as possible

For more details on the 7 Day Reset program, go to www.7dayreset.net

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Can You Actually Be Addicted To Food?

In this video, I address how food addiction is indeed a real thing, and how you begin to recover.

This is a really important topic to discuss, and I don’t think there’s enough attention being drawn to it. Over 7 million people in the U.S alone struggle with food addiction.

Personally, I feel like society in general is happy to celebrate someone for their sobriety from alcohol or drugs, as they should! My own father has been sober for over 20 years and it’s absolutely something to celebrate! But when it comes to food addiction, we forget that it’s just as powerful. Recovery from food addiction It’s more than willpower. It’s more than drive and motivation. This addiction truly is a chemical reaction in your body that keeps you addicted to food. It’s a culmination of brain and body.

We must stop shaming people for making the healthiest choices they need to make to get through this addiction.

The Science (what’s happening in your body):

Gluten and dairy can stimulate opiate receptors and trigger those “feel good” hormones called endorphins in the brain. And they produce that “feel good” response.

And THEN, on top of the fact that you’re getting this immediate endorphin release, the cycle perpetuates. Because once you’ve eaten those foods, they start altering the chemical makeup of your gut. And it starts having a will of its own, because it wants to survive. So it will send chemical messengers to your brain that say “ I want more…”

How do you break the cycle?

Rewire the brain through training the subconscious body, while resetting the body and the gut through specific nutritional adjustments. We do EXACTLY THIS in my 7 Day reset program.

Find details at www.7dayreset.net

Full Video Transcription:
Hey there guys, it’s Lyss here and over the next 10 minutes I’m going to be addressing the question of whether or not you actually can be addicted to food. Like somebody can be addicted to drugs or alcohol. So as you guys are hopping on, whether you guys are watching me do this live or you are catching this as a replay someplace else, I want you to do me a favor and post your most desired comfort foods. Do me a favor and put in the comments right now, like your top two or three comfort foods. You know those days where you’re like you just had enough with people at work or your kids are driving you crazy or you just had a really stressful day and it’s like those foods that are just going to put you in a good mood or you want to relax with on the couch.

Do me a favor and put those in the comments. So I’m going to be talking to you guys about. first, why food addiction is spoiler alert, a real thing, a legitimate thing, and then how you can fix it. Guys, the reason that I want to address this is because I think it’s such an important topic. We have literally 70 million people (and this statistic is from 2016 from the food and Drug Administration), but over 70 million people just in the U.S. alone struggle with food addiction. And so, you know, I come from a family where, you know, we’ve struggled with addiction in many different ways and so I’ve realized over the years I feel like society in general is a little bit more aware and supportive of celebrating people that are in sobriety from alcohol addiction or drug addiction. And my dad has been sober for 20-25 years and it’s like, it’s a huge accomplishment.

I mean I love when my newsfeed comes up filled with people that are celebrating their one year sober, two years sober, three years sober, a couple months sober. I think it’s such an incredible accomplishment. I just think that we also need to celebrate people that are going through food addiction and making it through there and we have to be easier on them. And so this, this training kind of came from a little bit of my selfish side of getting tired of seeing, you know, clients and people that are in my 7 Day Reset or doing any of my programs, having them just be shamed by people that are in their life, that are asking them to like go to Taco bell or go to dairy queen and get ice cream, or like go out to the bar one, two, three times a week and just make decisions that would take them further from their goals.

And it’s like people make them feel bad about it. And the way that I look at it and try to put it into perspective is I hope as a friend or a family member, if you had a friend or family member that was addicted to alcohol and you knew it was sober, I pray to God that you wouldn’t be inviting them to a bar and then getting pissed that they wouldn’t go with you. Right? Because you know that that’s going to steer them in the wrong direction, take them away from their goal and possibly bring them out of sobriety. And it’s the same thing with food. So guys, do me a favor. As you guys are hopping on like I said, I’m going to use this in just a minute. What are your top two or three comfort foods? And I’m going to talk to you about that in just a second.

I do have a reasoning behind that, but okay, so Sherry says chips and dip a Dr Pepper. Yes, drinks absolutely can do that. Some days anything will do, right? People just sometimes feel like they’re a food addict. It doesn’t necessarily even matter which specific food it is. Thank you for being so transparent, Sherry. I appreciate it. So guys, I just needed to kind of preface this as why I’m so passionate about talking about this because I just feel like as a society we, we do celebrate people that are recovering from other addictions and we don’t look at food as much of an addiction thing. I think a lot of people look at it as more of like a lack of willpower or a lack of motivation or a lack of drive and I’m here to help you understand that it actually is a chemical reaction, like a chemical response in your brain, in your body and you can reset it, which is part of what I do in my seven day reset.

We address the brain and the body part, but how many of you guys have ever felt like maybe you struggle with something but when you understand why it’s happening, it just helps it kind of put into perspective and you can just swallow it a little bit better. Like have you ever been sick or you’re experiencing certain symptoms and you know you go and you get a diagnosis from a doctor and it doesn’t necessarily mean that once you got that diagnosis that everything is better, but it helps you be able to just be like you’re not crazy and to feel like you can just kind of swallow it a little bit easier. Hey, has anybody else ever felt that way? I know I have. It just makes it a little bit easier to, to take on and to tackle. And so I feel like helping you guys understand the very like layman’s terms like science behind what is going on, the understanding that you’re not crazy for.

Yeah, you are being addicted to those chips or being addicted to the pasta or the breads. There is a reason why you’re craving that. Ben and Jerry’s like, it’s not just that you don’t have willpower, it’s not just that you don’t have self control. Is the brain important? Is Retraining, rewiring the brain important? Absolutely. But there’s a chemical reaction in your body. And so this is not just you being crazy and not having self control. This is literally something that is going on within you. So what happens here guys is most of the foods that you guys are commenting or describing have either gluten or dairy in them for a lot of things. And then sugar. Sugar has it’s own own level of addictive properties. But what happens guys is when you’re having gluten anything with wheat in it, you have your pastas, your breads, you know those Carby things, any type of dairy, I don’t care whether it’s ice cream, whether it’s really buttery popcorn, any type of dairy that’s in there, cheese, pizza, pizza’s got gluten and dairy, how many of you guys feel like pizza is super comforting to you guys?

They don’t call it comfort foods for nothing. It literally is triggering these opiate receptors in your brain that are the same receptors that can get activated by alcohol, activated by drugs, activated by certain medications, activated by like exercise. You get like that runners high, right? It actually is a chemical response that’s in your brain. So you instantly are getting this feel good response when you’re having any of these comfort foods. It’s called a comfort food because those neurotransmitters, those endorphins are comforting you. It’s not like your, your bag of chips or Ben and Jerry’s is sitting there petting you. You’re, you’re cuddling up with it. I mean, maybe you’re cuddling with it, but it’s because it’s comforting, literally chemically to your brain. So that’s that instant release of endorphins and then what’s happening guys, even worse yet, you’re not only getting that immediate like satisfaction from those foods, but once you start having them a couple of times and you have them repetitively, it’s starting to change the bugs in your gut.

So when you have sugar, when you have dairy, when you have gluten repetitively, you start to have more of like the bad bacteria in your gut. And then if you stop eating those, your gut’s smart. Like it starts to have a mind of its own now and it’s like, hmm, Alyssa stopped beating me this stuff. I’m going to send Chemical Messengers to the brain saying I need more of this now. Did you guys ever want to stop having certain foods? You really want to cut that Ben and Jerry’s out. You really want to stop having pasta every day. You really want to get rid of your total Bagel, baked food, donut, whatever addiction that you have. And it’s like you have withdrawal symptoms. It’s a real thing. You absolutely have food withdrawal and usually it’s happening between the first two and five days that you stop eating one of these types of foods.

This is why when I do my seven day reset program and we address a lot of this stuff, days two through five are typically the hardest for most people and then by the end of it they got everything reset. But not only are we rewiring their brain, but we got to do the rewiring of the gut. You’re literally resetting the, the bacteria and the cultures in your gut through certain nutritional changes in this program. So any of you guys out there, whether it’s you or somebody that you know that super struggles with being able to cut out certain foods that feels like they’re addicted to certain foods, addicted to food in general, feel like they can’t get a hold of their cravings and, and just being able to tackle this, this, this beast, this beast of feeling like, you know, you have some type of sadness or negative emotion in your life and you solve it with food.

Or just feeling like even if you are a happy person, why are you addicted to food and why can’t you stop? There is a chemical reason for it. And we work through it in the seven days of my seven day reset. That’s just one of the benefits. So guys, please do me a favor. And if you or anybody else that you know struggles with any type of food addiction, send this to them in messenger. Share it on your wall because this is something that I feel like most people think. It’s, it’s them, it’s, it’s them just being broken and not having enough willpower. And so much more than that. And we need to lift the shame and just be able to give people true tangible advice and good solutions that they can start to implement today. Because it absolutely is possible to break this addiction and you know, as little as a week because you, you can rebuild the cells in your gut in three to seven days, which is a big portion of it. So if you guys have any questions as always, post and below. Otherwise I will see you next time.

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Is Popcorn A Healthy Snack?!

Learn why I no longer eat popcorn as a daily snack, and why you may want to watch your consumption as well.

Guys, I used to be ADDICTED to popcorn.

I’m not even kidding when I say that I would sit down with a bag and finish it before getting back up off the couch. I was ADDICTED. Boom Chicka Pop Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn was my brand of choice.

It actually got SO BAD that my husband started to hide it from me. I think the most unique hiding spot was when he snuck it into the grill. But you bet your ass I found it!

Honestly, I didn’t think it was doing me much harm.

I mean, it’s literally just popped corn.

And the calorie count is pretty reasonable, so it’s probably one of the healthier snacks, right?

Mmmmm, not so much.

Join me as I share with you exactly why I haven’t brought a bag of popcorn into my house in over a year! And if you’re one of those people who knows they absolutely can’t go without it, you’ll be happy to know that I also share with you the best brands to consume when you have your occasional indulgence!

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“Why Am I Bloated?!”

The 5 most common reasons why you can’t seem to beat the bloat:

1. Digestive disorders – Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Ulcerative Colitis, etc. 
2. Fluid Retention
3. Dehydration and electrolyte imbalance – both halt digestion 
4. Constipation
5. Food Allergies or sensitivities

Solutions you can begin implementing immediately:

1. Anti-inflammatory diet (huge focus during the 7 Day Reset)
2. Fiber – vegetables, nuts & seeds, prebiotic supplements, other fiber supplements
3. Drink Water – ½ your body weight in fluid ounces
4. The RIGHT Probiotic supplement: beware of sub-par probiotic supplements AND the possible issue with fermented foods if you’re trying to use them as your main source of probiotic cultures

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“I used to live and die by the number on the scale!”

Many of us have heard that you shouldn’t rely solely on the scale to assess your weight loss progress. But if you’re anything like me or my clients, that can be REALLY hard to do. It’s a challenge to not value that number when it seems as though that’s ALL this world uses when evaluating successful weight loss.

We hear that muscle ways more than fat. We hear that we’re supposed to use other forms of measurement such as measurements, progress pictures, body fat assessment tools, etc.

But it’s not enough to just TELL you that these other forms of measurement are more accurate. But I want you to understand exactly why the number on the scale holds the least value of all so you can finally have some clarity!

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