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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The reality is…

ALL of these and so many more issues play a MAJOR role in weight gain and weight loss resistance. 

It’s actually quite a common occurrence for a client to initially arrive at our virtual clinic, filled with frustration over explainable weight gain that has accumulated over the course of a few months or a few years. And 99% of the time, they’ve had at least one occurrence with a previous practitioner or coach who focused on the nutrition and fitness pillars of health and weight loss, but only lightly touched on or completely skipped over the deeper root causes at hand. 

When we start to explain how these toxins and pathogens are playing a role in their struggle with their weight, it’s either a light bulb moment (because they’re never heard of such a thing before) or an “I knew it” moment (because they had a hunch that there was more to the story but no “professional” would believe them)!

If you are frustrated with your body composition, whether you’re struggling to breakthrough a weight loss plateau, struggle to lose any weight at all, or you keep gaining unwanted weight unexplainably, you very likely have deeper ROOT CAUSES that have either not been addressed at all or were not addressed properly if they were indeed addressed in the past to some degree. Here are just a few examples of how these toxins and pathogens can play a role:

1. Environmental toxins can alter lipid (fat) metabolism and promote the growth of fat cells. Early-life exposure can play a major role in predisposing animals to insulin resistance, hormone disruptions, and obesity. Ever hear of a category of toxins called Obesogens? This is EXACTLY how they got their name!
2. Organic pollutants have been tied to mitochondrial dysfunction and metabolic syndrome. If your mitochondria within the cells of your muscles, brain, liver, and other organs don’t work well, YOU don’t work well. If your body can’t keep up with energy demands because the mitochondria are impaired, it will often downregulate certain processes within the body to accommodate. This includes the downregulation of your metabolism.
3. Parasites are pathogens that can not only harbor and release toxins in the body that contribute to the issues already listed above. But they can also greatly influence your neurotransmitter levels which can increase cravings and affect your mood and motivation (which clearly has a downstream affect on your food choices, desire to exercise, etc). They impair the function of your various drainage pathways such as your liver which affects your ability to detox, your gut health status, hormonal balance, and more. The list of effects from these pesky critters is endless. And as my friend Dr. Todd Watts says, “If you have a pulse, you have parasites.” 

Yes, caloric intake and energy expenditure absolutely play a primary role in body composition. Those variables should still be acknowledged and accounted for. But they are NOT the sole factors. When our culture and much of the fitness industry endlessly preach this message of “calories in vs calories out”, while you’re sitting there beyond frustrated because your caloric deficit is making ZERO difference in your results, it makes you wonder…

“WHAT THE HECK AM I DOING WRONG?!?!”

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.

It’s time for ROOT CAUSE solutions.

You’ve been stuck on this weight loss roller coaster or in this weight loss purgatory for far too long. Weight loss issues, along with the brain fog, fatigue, and bloating that tend to come along with it do not have to be your fat.

So what’s next?

Start with my Free, On-Demand 3 Day Drainage Clinic where you can equip yourself with the tools and resources to learn how to open your drainage pathways to officially prepare your body for further detox in the future. This is a HUGE first step that so many people miss, and it keeps them sick. (This program is FREE for a limited time!) Get Exclusive Access!

No matter what path you may be leaning towards at this time, I pray that you take action NOW. You deserve to get to the bottom of weight loss resistance and any other health challenges that are influencing your quality of life, your confidence, and your joy. And I’m blessed to be able to be part of your healing journey in whatever way that may be.

To your health and happiness,

Allyssa LaScala, IHP

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• Bloating
• Headaches
• Brain fog
• Diarrhea
• Cramps
• Nausea
• Gas
• Feeling worse after eating sugars
• UTIs
• Yeast infections
• Vaginal itching
• White patches on tongue
• Oral thrush
• Low mood
• Joint pain
• Red spots on tongue
• Jock itch
• Skin fungus
• Athlete’s foot
• Toe nail fungus

These are all potential symptoms of candida/fungal overgrowth. It’s actually an incredibly common issue that I see in many of my clients due to the overwhelming amount of toxicity that we have in today’s world! And we absolutely have simple steps that we can take over time to address it at a root cause level.

The problem is that…

When you see a “conventional medicine” trained practitioner, whether it be your family doctor or nurse practitioner, OB-GYN, podiatrist, etc for candida/fungal issues, they will typically go with some type of anti-fungal medication like nystatin or fluconazole, maybe some Monistat if it’s a vaginal yeast infection, some type of topical anti-fungal cream if its a fungal infection on the foot or elsewhere on the skin.

And it’s not that these things DON’T address the fungal overgrowth, but they’re not getting the root of the issue. They’re not address the other factors that create the perfect environment for the candida to be able to overgrow.

For too many years I too relied on a never-ending cycle of nystatin, fluconazole, etc, to manage my recurring Candida and yeast infections. My Integrative MD had me leverage those products, in addition to countless antifungal herbs to address the never-ending candida overgrowth cycle.

I couldn’t understand why it kept coming back. But my functional MD was there to write a script anytime I needed it. I’d be much more cognizant of my sugar🍪 intake as well until symptoms resolve it, and then when everything appeared to be back to normal, I figured I was in the clear, only to have it become an issue in another few months.

I, like so many others, was stuck in this cycle because I never addressed the other variables.

❌Environmental toxins

❌Parasites

❌Mold

❌Heavy metals

❌Birth control usage

❌Antidepressant usage

❌Adderall usage

❌Poor nervous system regulation

They were all at the root of this never ending cycle. I may have been addressing the candida, but the rest of the terrain in my body still remained ideal for candida overgrowth.

Let’s unpack some of these root cause variables so you can better understand how they can be correlated!

🔺Poor Nervous System Regulation & Stress: Both keep the ileocecal valve open, connecting the small and large intestines, contributing to issues like SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) and gut dysbiosis (imbalanced gut microbiome). Stress and nervous system dysregulation also contribute to gut permeability, inflammation, and often lead to impaired digestion and/or slowed bowel motility that have a downstream affect for candida overgrowth.

🔺Environmental toxins: Toxins like the commonly used pesticide/herbicide, Glyphosate (aka Round Up), affects the lymphatics of the gut and contributes to inflammatory bowel diseases like colitis and  as well as other inflammatory gut conditions like Leaky Gut and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. An inflamed gut creates perfect conditions for fungal overgrowth. Additionally, Glyphosate disrupts the microbial balance of the gut, allowing for fungal overgrowth.

🔺Parasites: Not only do many of them send chemical messengers, slowing bowel motility, causing a downstream effect on bacterial/fungal overgrowth. But they also are sponges for other toxins and pathogens that they harbor and release over time, contributing to a toxic environment that encourages fungal overgrowth

Mold & Heavy Metals: Both of these families of toxins can cause gut permeability, suppress immune system function, be used to create biofilms in the gut to help protect other pathogens who want to take up host in the GI tract, and of course, create the perfect environment for Candida and SIBO!

So now the question is, “What are some of our options we can leverage to address these root causes and break the cycle?”

If you are solely committed to self-navigating the process of addressing candida overgrowth (while also supporting the appropriate drainage pathways and simultaneously addressing some coinciding root causes), CellCore’s Stomach Support Kit Protocol would probably be my go-to product. 

This protocol is a carefully curated 3-month protocol designed to help you open up your drainage pathways to prepare your body for deeper detox and clean up, strategically support specific drainage pathways ongoingly that tend to play the biggest role in fungal overgrowth issues, and move you through the use of proprietary herbal blends, bioactive carbon binders, and probiotics that are specifically geared toward addressing candida and other fungal overgrowth, mold, heavy metals, parasites, and environmental toxins at the mitochondrial level to give you a powerful, comprehensive approach to breaking the candida cycle.

If you don’t already have a CellCore customer account with me, please create one using Patient Direct Code BX35QNDP.

To YOUR Healing,

Allyssa LaScala, IHP

P.S. If you’re dealing with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Crohn’s disease, colitis, ulcerative colitis, acid reflux, GERD, SIBO, SIFO, leaky gut, or other gut diagnoses, keep these variables in mind. The same root causes are at the core of these gut issues!

P.S.S. If you continue to have reoccurring infections, whether it be candida, other gut issues, or even other infections like Lyme Disease or Epstein Barr Virus (EBV), you HAVE to start looking at these other root cause variables like mold, metals, parasites, environmental toxins, nervous system dysregulation, medications, unaddressed dental infections, etc

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Especially in the world of detoxing, this can be incredibly common. And we often don’t want to give up on taking the product altogether, but we’re not a fan of any symptoms that come along with taking that standard dosing and wish there was a way we could easily modify it.

Or maybe you have a child who you want to take the same approach with due to needing to modify their dosage in a way that is more appropriate for their particular age or weight?

It’s very possible that you, a partner, child or other family member may even find it challenging to swallow capsules or tablets altogether and you wish there was an effective way to get the product in your system using some other method.

Or maybe you are similar to myself and so many of my clients and you’ve dealt with compromised gut function for quite some time. So you’re interested in taking some helpful steps to optimize the absorption and utilization of supplements you’re consuming but wondering if your gut is doing a good job at breaking down all of these capsules?!

Well, using specific foods and beverages as delivery vehicles to empty your capsule contents or even ground up tablet contents into can be a GAME-CHANGER!

When it comes to micro-dosing a product for you or a loved one, choose one of these delivery vehicles, take ⅛-¼ capsule of the product (or whatever dosage you or your practitioner has deemed appropriate), shake those capsule

contents or tablet contents into a spoonful or so of that food or a splash of that beverage, and get it down with ease!

For those who do not need to micro-dose but are looking to utilize one of these delivery vehicles to consume the capsule or tablet contents in a “free form” or to help support better absorption, you simply add the full amount into your delivery vehicle and enjoy!

I promise you, these items taste so much better than just adding it to water, but if that’s your thing, go for it! 

In full transparency, most times, I’m simply taking a swig of water and holding it in my mouth, emptying the capsule straight into my mouth and then swallowing it all down! But I’ve been doing this for years and just find this to be the most efficient for me [no pressure LOL].

If size, taste, quantity, etc., are impacting your ability to take a product, then utilizing delivery vehicles like these could be the perfect solution.

Side note – if you are someone who can swallow capsules and would prefer not to open up your capsule contents into a food or beverage but you know you still need to microdose a product, consider purchasing empty hypromellose capsules at your local grocery store or online supplement dispensary and empty part of the original capsule contents into this empty capsule to consume as needed!

These are just a few of many considerations that we can take into account when on our healing journey. If you love the bio-individualized approach to healing and would love to take the next step to link arms as practitioner and client, dive into your case history, symptomatology, and received more customized recommendations for other factors in your protocol.

Can’t wait to chat,

Allyssa LaScala, IHP

P.S. Remember, you always have options—BUT please talk to your practitioner before making adjustments to your detox protocol. Opening up the contents could affect the integrity of the product overall. For example, Betaine HCL is one of the only products I will advise a client NOT to open due to its erosive, acidic properties. Always double-check!

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Have you ever gotten to the point where your symptoms were making your life so uncomfortable that you said to yourself, “At this point, I’ll try anything to try and resolve this!”

That’s where I was when I finally decided to give coffee enemas a try 😂

Did I like the idea of sticking coffee up my butt? No.

Was I eventually so sick and tired of feeling sick and tired that I was willing to try just about anything if it would help move my healing along faster? Absolutely.

Is it my absolute favorite thing in the world to stick coffee up my butt?  Not necessarily. BUT the healing benefits make them one of my favorites, hands down!

During my more comprehensive detox phases, I did them about 1-2 times a week. Like most people, I was resistant when I first learned about them. But I knew they couldn’t be any worse than staying exactly where I was, so I was willing to give it a go!

Even now, I still make them a priority at least 1-2 times a month at minimum as they surely accelerate my overall detoxification and help purge a ton of liver and gallstones, liver flukes (common parasites that love to hide in the liver, clog your bile ducts, and affect digestion, hormone balance, detoxification, and more)!

Here are some of the major benefits:

• A coffee enema can increase your glutathione (a master antioxidant and detoxifier) production by 700%!!
• They increase the rate at which your blood volume is filtered! The average is 2 times per hour, but a 20 min coffee enema filters your blood 6-7 in that 20 min alone! Huge for overall detoxification and kidney support!
• The dilation of the hepatic portal vein from the caffeine in the coffee stimulates bile flow, greatly supporting liver and bile duct function (again, this plays a HUGE role in digestion, overall gut health, hormone metabolism, skin clarity, mental clarity, and detoxification as a whole)!

You can watch a step-by-step video on how to do a coffee enema, as well as written instructions and links to my fav coffee enema products below!

WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS: 

1. Bring 2 cups of distilled or filtered water to a boil. Add water and 4 TBSP of organic, mold-free caffeinated coffee to a French press and let brew for 20 min. *If new to coffee enemas, start with 1 Tbsp of coffee and work your way up over your next few enemas* 
2. Push down the​ ​French Press​ and allow coffee to cool down AT LEAST body temperature. 
3. Take CellCore Bioactive Carbon Binders 20 minutes prior to administering enema.​ ​BioToxin Binder and​ ​ViRadChem Binders​ ​are preferred (see below for how to access) 
4. When coffee is done brewing, add 2 more cups cold, distilled water. Then, pour half of solution (2 cups) into stainless-steel enema bucket (ensure the sterile tubes are already attached and clamped closed so coffee does not pour out!) If adding​ ​HydrOxygen​,​ ​CT Minerals​, and/or Organic Black Strap Molasses to your coffee solution, add them now. 
5. Place or hang bucket at least 3’ above the ground. 
6. Use coconut oil to lubricate first 6” of tube. Laying on your right side, insert tube 6” into rectum.
7. Unlock clamp and allow coffee to begin to slowly flow into your body. Once all coffee has emptied from bucket, do not remove tube. Allow it to stay inserted while you hold the coffee enema for 15-20 min. (You will work your way up to this retention time, so do not get frustrated if you manage to hold it for only a few minutes as you get the swing of things! Watch a video, listen to music, read a book, etc to distract yourself.
8. Sit on toilet to evacuate bowels. 
9. Repeat steps 4-8 to administer second enema. The second enema is always easier and drastically enhances results as the bowels are more open! 
10. Take Bioactive Carbon Binders 20 min after final enema. Drink plenty of water to rehydrate. Add electrolyte blend or some lemon and pink salt to replenish electrolytes. 

LINKS TO MY FAV COFFEE ENEMA PRODUCTS:

✅ Coffee Enema bucket kit

✅ French Press

✅ Kion Coffee – Click here and use code BOMBSHELL for 10%

✅CellCore products (CT Minerals, HydrOxygen, and binders) – Click here and use Patient Direct Code BX35QNDP to create your customer account. Hydroxygen is currently out of stock due to manufacturing issues but hopefully will return soon as Hydroxygen+. CT minerals are now in capsules, but you still an incredible formula! You could add ¼ – ½ cap to each of your enemas!

You can learn more about the coffee enema kit I use, the coffee brands that I recommend, and more in my Coffee Enema IG Story Highlights here.

Coffee enemas are ONE of the many ways to detox as a way to aid in your recovery from chronic fatigue, brain fog, impaired digestion, gut challenges, headaches, migraines, inflammation, insomnia, hormone imbalances, etc. 

Want more tips on how to support your liver, bowels, and other drainage pathways so that you can better prepare your body for a detox protocol OR simply clear some of these pathways so your body can better detox on a daily basis? Find more tools and resources in the free On-demand Drainage Clinic!

Rooting for you,

Lyss

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Do you struggle with giving in to junk food?

It’s like it has hypnotic powers, right?!

You can be doing SOOO GOOD following your nutrition regimen.

But then… you see all the baked goods just chilling there in the break room and ALL BETS ARE OFF.

I mean, if you could just live in your own little bubble where there was only healthy food available, that would be one thing.

But junk food is EVERYWHERE.

It’s near IMPOSSIBLE to avoid it!

So how do we keep it from derailing our results?

In this video, I discuss my top 4 tips in detail:

1. Don’t bring the junk food in the house!

2. If it HAS to be in the house, put it on a different shelf in your pantry, or in a completely different location altogether (some place that you don’t need to go to every single day)

3. Add barriers of entry, like sticky notes!

4. Trash talk your food!

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