Healing from the Gut Up with Hannah Aylward

24:42We're going to get exposure to histamines through everything. I mean like avocados high in histamine, what else? spinach, like tons of healthy foods and then like fermented foods. So if anyone feels very sensitive to like sauerkraut, kimchi, bone broth, collagen, these are all high histamine. So sometimes - I drink bone broth every morning. It's not bad. As long as you feel good, then that's fine. You don't feel anything. Yeah. Then you're good. So like I can tolerate this fine. I'm a sauerkraut, kimchi, bone broth gal. But oh my God, if I had had bone broth, I mean, pardon me, if I had had sauerkraut 10 years ago, I wouldn't be able to leave my house.

25:16I would be a disaster like bloated mass uncomfortable where now I just am like it's it's it's so funny like I have the least amount of stress around food and my stomach is just in like its best possible place that's amazing and it's not it's not a coincidence you know yeah and usually when people are responding to like those fermented foods they either have like SIBO small intestinal bacterial overgrowth fungal overgrowth or like like a histamine overload picture. So I really explain it as like, you've got like this histamine bucket, right? And it's being filled through everything. You walk outside, you know, pollen's everywhere.

25:53You are drinking bone broth. You're eating avocado. All these things are totally fine unless you can't break it down efficiently or you're overproducing. But it's not. What's a symptom of like too much histamine in your body? So many things like bloating, diarrhea, migraines. Typically women will feel worse around ovulation because estrogen gets higher then and estrogen and histamine like play off one another. So when estrogen rises, clients will flare typically. So that's a nice like sign for people listening. If you feel like I'm actually, I actually feel worse. I have more headaches. I'm more bloated.

26:24I'm I have like hives itching like red redness in my skin around ovulation. Typically a histamine like overload issue there. So it's really just about, you know, why can't you clear it efficiently? Do we not have the enzymes that we need to break it down or are we overproducing it? It's usually both. So we're usually looking at like both. And a lot of that stems from the gut and the liver and nervous system plays a big role too. But we'll see like on the labs that we run, there's histamine producing bacteria and like histamine like liberators, we'll call them. And when we have an overgrowth of those, people are super, super sensitive.

26:59Lots of food sensitivities, reactions. Yeah. Someone went recently to like not eat leftovers so much because they're really high in histamine. Yeah. I was like, that's annoying. I know. It's really hard. Yeah. I gotta throw away the rest of that food. No, it sounds like you're fine. I mean, if you eat the leftovers and you feel fine, I would not worry about it at all. Yeah, I do. I'm in like a good place right now, but I'm like very on top of my stress control. Like it all came down to that really. And eating like diversified. I do have kind of I do kind of eat a lot of the same foods. What's your thoughts on that?

27:39Like I wake up every morning and my mouth is watering thinking about it. I have an addiction to bone broth. Yeah. No, I love it. What an L.A. fucking white girl thing to say. It's like it's like my body craves it so much. Yeah. With lemon and ginger. Yeah. And for so long, I was like, didn't eat breakfast. And then I was scared of breakfast. And then when I did eat breakfast, I would be exhausted, you know? And so, and I love like on the weekends, like, you know, I mean, I make breakfast, whatever, I make huge breakfast, but I also work out every morning. And so I can't eat something really large before I go work out.

28:12And so having bone broth before a workout, I feel so satiated without it overloading my system to where I feel it's like affecting my workout. That's great. I mean, it's great. It's full of like glutamine. It's it's high in minerals. I mean, and it typically in a cup or like I'll buy them in a carton and then the whole carton, there's like 20 grams of protein. So I'm also like a protein girl. So I always feel like it's a good way for me. But I do feel like I, I inject, I try to be more, you know, we go to the farmer's market as much as possible and I'll obviously try to buy like what's seasonally available for like little bowls or plates that I'll make.

28:46But I do find myself kind of like eating the same stuff over and over again. Yeah. You know, diversity is important. I don't think people should like stress about it. Don't stress about what to eat more. But yeah, I mean, the biggest study that we have on like gut health and what equates to a healthy gut microbiome is like the American Gut Project, which essentially showed us that you want 30 plus different plant foods a week. But that's not just veggies. That's veggies, fruits, nuts, seeds. That's grains, right? So herbs like ginger. I put herbs on everything. And that's amazing. So you're getting in more diversity in antioxidants and polyphenols through those, right?

29:23Even you really need like a tablespoon of these different foods to help to grow the gut microbiota and like support gut proliferation. So it's, it sounds like a lot. You're like 30, I'm never going to eat 30 different freaking plants. No, but you think about it. Like if you like meal prep at the beginning of the week and you're like, I'm going to make a pesto that's going to go like as, you know, on a chicken or in this. And then this thing is going to have like, maybe like a, you know, I do a lot of Greek yogurt it with like other herbs in there. It's like a sauce. It's like, well, there's a bunch of different stuff right there.

29:53And then multiple lettuces and a couple of vegetables. Yeah, exactly. And a couple of different proteins. And then like fruit. And I like putting seeds on things. Seeds. Yeah. Chia seeds, flax seeds, like brown rice, quinoa, like berries, different berries. What kind of rice are we eating? Whatever you want. Honestly, I mean, I don't think there's a... Some people say brown rice is like high in what they say arsenic or something. And I'm just like... Oh, I've never heard that. Yeah. I think it's like heavy metals. I think it's fine. Any any rice. I mean, rice is naturally gluten-free. So I think it's fine.

30:21I do think it hits people's blood sugar. Like some people, it'll really bug your blood sugar. That was going to be my next question is like, is any of your work monitoring also? Because I know that, I mean, that's like such a, like an imbalanced blood sugar causes so a whole other chronic disease situation when we've had amazing doctors on here speaking about that as well. Do you monitor that in your clients too? Yeah. We don't use like continuous glucose monitors. We could. Yeah, it could be fun, but we don't because it's usually not showing us anything we don't already know. So unless the client is like really going to opt in, that's going to get them bought in.

30:57That's how I feel about cortisol testing, too. It's like, do we need to test your cortisol? Not really, unless you're going to see the results and then you're going to make changes. Like, is the data going to force you to make a change? Then we'll do it. But yes, we're teaching like step one is like how to balance your blood sugar. Yeah. Oh, wow. Amazing. Because it's really like the blood sugar ups and downs are a huge source of inflammation. And they are like, I would put them in a bucket of stress. Like when I talk about stressors, I talk mental and emotional stressors and then physical stressors being gut infections, imbalanced blood sugar levels, like not eating enough nutrient deficiencies.

31:30Those are all more physical stressors. And then we have like environmental stressors like mold and metals and that kind of stuff. But blood sugar, like you cannot balance your hormones without balancing your blood sugar. Doing that is what's made me a high functioning person. Amazing. And how I was able to get pregnant the second time where it was like took me forever. I was about to do IVF the first time. Thank you, Cotton, for sponsoring this episode. You should feel confident about what you put on your body. So whether that's clothing or your sheets, you want something that is soft and natural.

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34:06But really like eating enough protein. So and eating breakfast, right? Like that's really important. That's also probably why you feel so much better. Like we've got to get. I was years of no breakfast into a fucking HIIT workout. How horrible did you feel? I mean, same. Coffee? Empty stomach? And then I'm like, gut issues. Psycho. And then I'm like, chronically bloated. I'm like, why? Meanwhile, I've been running on like straight cortisol and adrenaline for like 10 years, you know? Completely. So, and that's so many, it's so many women. And a lot of our clients, like they're not, they don't have an appetite in the morning, which usually signals that you're running on stress hormones or you have sluggish digestion, kind of both.

34:39But so it's hard. It's hard to get them to eat in the morning too. So I'm always like, if I'll even take bone broth, will you just drink some bone broth? Because we'll get some nutrients in there. We'll get some amino acids in there, right? It's better than nothing. And it's not like heavy, but when it comes to blood sugar, we're looking at adequate protein, ideally like 25 to 30 grams, you know, first thing in the morning within like an hour of waking up is going to be ideal. An hour and a half, no later than that, I would say. And start slow. If you're eating nothing, you know, start with like a hard ball day.

35:09Start with a cup of bone broth, slowly work your way up. We don't need to make you like nauseous, you know, just slow and steady. And then adequate fiber too. So pretty much no one gets enough fiber. I mean, I think. You know, I could ramp up my fiber for sure. Yeah, it's kind of hard because it's not really like if you're making a salad, it's not really in lettuce. Like it's really like chia seeds and flax seed and like adding stuff. I just buy, oh gosh, which one am I using? I think it's Nordic Naturals. It's like a prebiotic fiber powder. I've seen that. I just put my coffee every morning. So that gives me like seven to eight grams.

35:40And then that helps me like make sure I get enough in and it dissolves. You don't taste it. You don't, there's no texture change. So yeah, I'm like, whatever we need to do, like get it in there. And it has like a couple different types of prebiotic fibers too. So I forgot that I used to do that all the time. I was so good about getting in the prebiotic fiber. Yeah. I need to do that. It's great. Like prebiotics, like probiotics are cool, but prebiotics are what are really building those gut bacteria, not so much probiotics. And that I think is like a big, people don't understand that. Like it's what's more important to me is that you're eating your prebiotics.

36:11But if someone has a lot of gut issues and a lot of bloating and maybe like SIBO, they won't be able to tolerate any prebiotics. They'll be super bloated and gassy. So it's like we have to repair the gut microbial imbalance and then you'll be able to tolerate them much better. So, you know, if you're listening to this and you're like, yeah, right. Like I cannot eat any of that stuff. Like there's a gut environment issue. Let's fix that. And then you'll be able to open, open the diet back up. But ideally like 10 grams of fiber per meal, you know? So like we're looking at usually 30 grams of fiber or excuse me, 30 grams of protein, 10 grams of fiber.

36:42And then we want fat and then we want some good carbs too. Like healthy, you know, not ultra processed carbs like rice, sweet potato, squashes, quinoa, fruit, all of that's great. And just kind of balance it out. It's like, that's, that's the most important. It's not like, you know, it's not like stripping out all these foods. It's not this like sexy thing where I'm like, this food is terrible. It's more so just like balance your plate. Yeah, totally. Yeah. I feel that way. I do this thing called Pia plates on my Instagram where I've always have like an assortment of things. Yeah. And I'm like, okay, like what I always have a protein, something fermented, whatever vegetables I have, lettuce and vegetables.

37:20I like to throw a seed on there if I can like a hemp seed or something. And then like a sweet potato or like a, I've just fallen in love with like regular potatoes recently where I'm like, God, I was scared of potatoes for so long and they're so great for you. Yeah. They have a lot of potassium. People don't realize, which is great for your gut, great for like muscles, great for thyroid, helps support thyroid. Oh yeah. I mean, so, so good. I'm very Irish. So I'm like, listen, potato with butter is like, nothing will beat that. I've been cooking potatoes and bone broth recently too. Yum. And it gives them this like incredible, like hearty, I'll do like lemon and bone broth on a, like cut them in little thin slices.

38:01And I'm like, fuck, this is just so good. And I do, And I'm sure that you have worked really hard to teach people this too, is the intuition around eating too. When I'm cooking something or I look at something, I'm like, I know that this is nourishing for me. I feel nourished by the food that I'm eating rather than scared of it. And even if it is a night out and I'm eating, I love salad and French fries and whatever dessert, And I'm like, my soul is nourished from this because I had like a fabulous night with my friends eating food that tastes delicious to me. Yeah. 100%. Sometimes like you really need, yeah, a salad with chicken and fries.

38:40That's like, that's like the sweet spot. Or like a burger. I mean, sometimes I'm like, oh, I need this burger. And it's like, so I can like feel it, feel it. But I can tell you how, what a relief it must be for so many women listening to hear someone who can repair their gut say like, I need a burger because it's so against our constitution of being like a fear-based, you know, food-scared human being. Yeah. Because I've looked, again, six months pregnant for the last like 10 years, you know? Yeah. And it's, you know, if you're struggling with these chronic digestive issues now and you're always bloated and you're like gassy or you're constipated, like we need you moving your bowels once a day at least.

39:18A lot of women don't. They're like once a week. And I'm like, oh, talk about hormones. Tell me that. So I have your hormones. I'm like, how are you walking around? I would feel so nauseous if I was in that position. But yeah, I mean, it's like we, there's a balance, right? There's, it's like, do we eat burgers and fries for every meal? No. And if you're in this spot where you're really struggling, it can feel hard to hear this. But it's like, just know that when we repair the deeper issues, once we can see what the heck's going on in there, we run the proper lab work that your traditional like GP or gastroenterologist is not.

39:51Never, ever going to fucking do for you. There you go. She said it on me. I mean, because I had ovarian cysts explode when I was in eighth grade. And I was desperately ill and bloated and constipated and super sick. And it was like, they gave me an antidepressant. They gave me birth control. They gave me Adderall. They gave me like it. I kept we go to like a specialist gastroenterologist. And I was like, something is wrong. Like everything looks normal. And they were like, you're fine. Yeah. I remember one of them said, eat prunes. And I cried in the car because I felt so unseen. Yeah. I was like, the privilege I have to be able to like see this doctor.

40:35And I feel so lucky. Like so many people, you know, we have insurance. I remember I was like really young dealing with this. And I was like, but fuck her. Like that was fucked up. Yeah. I'm sick. No, totally. I mean, we've I've heard it all. Like clients have left doctor's offices crying because the doctor is like, oh, you're planning a wedding. You're distressed. Meanwhile, like she has SIBO. You know, I mean, I've heard it. I have heard it all. And that's when I really like get pissed. And that's like why I also do this because I just kept hearing the same thing over and over from women being like, they told me I was just stressed.

41:04They told me I needed to calm down. They told me to just chill out. It was just my like anxiety. And that's when I'm like, I'm going to come into that office with you. Like, I'm like, let me out. I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, boom, boom, boom, boom. Talk, explain to people what SIBO is. Yeah. In case they need to look out for it. That test is, is I've done it before. It's like hard, but it was like, yeah, the breath test. I mean, it's not, I don't want to scare anybody, but it's accurate, man. I mean, it's like a really intense test to take, but it felt like I was like a regular doctor would never make you do that test.

41:37Yeah. I mean, it's really hit or miss. Like sometimes they just give you the antibiotics. They don't even test. Sometimes they do. It's like it really depends. And that's why it's hard too. Cause sometimes people are like, well, how are you different? I'm like, I have, I don't know if what you've experienced and what you've tried yet, you know, but I can assure you we're different because we actually care. But no, they don't care. Of course, there's good ones. But SIBO is really just small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. So it's when you get an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine, when the majority of your gut bacteria are in your large intestine or your colon.

42:09When we're talking about the gut microbiome and we're talking about like taking probiotics and eating these fermented foods and all this good for your gut stuff, that should be helping to grow our gut bacteria in the large intestine or the colon. We don't want that overgrowth happening in the small intestine because we get really bloated. Like that's like the six months pregnant bloat. That's like you're really sensitive to lots of fibers, prebiotics, garlic and onion will really tick you off typically. So those are kind of some signs. But really at its core, SIBO is not a bacteria issue. It's a gut motility issue.

42:41And this is what they miss a lot too. I mean, it has a very high relapse rate. We see tons of people that have tried to get through it and haven't. And then we just address it differently. Like we're not looking to just get rid of the overgrown bacteria. We're asking, why did this happen in the first place? Because like, why does it happen? So many different reasons. I mean, low stomach acid, chronic stress. Yes. Sometimes it's adhesions or structural stuff. We see less of that. Can be antibiotic use. Can be mold exposure. Usually it's like sluggish digestion and sluggish motility, which can be like liver, gallbladder stuff.

43:11Yeah. Poor stomach acid production, poor pancreatic enzyme secretion. All of these things are kind of like connected and they influence one another. So that's what we have to start asking. Like, what is, how did this happen? What allowed this to happen versus just like, let's just attack the bacterial overgrowth and we can make a lot of progress there. Sometimes, yeah, it's like chronic stress or trauma sometimes, you know, but we see so much of it. I mean, my team has so much advanced training and we're not, we're not afraid of it. Well, talk to us about your team and what you do and your company and what it's like to also be like an entrepreneur.

43:46Disgusting nightmare. Yes. You're like, I teach about women not being stressed and I have my own business. I know. Thank God I have the tools. I mean, without the tools, I don't know. It is because it is a lot. Every podcast to bring this up. I'm like, my husband is also, he has a business and he will, I'm like, the tools are right here, dude. Like, let me know when you're, and he's just like his dark circle. I mean, he's just, we just did all his functional medicine doctor stuff. So good. And the appointment is coming up. So I'm like, I'm so curious to see. And he'll be the kind of person that's like, sees it and hears it from a doctor.

44:21And he'll be like, oh, I get it now. Yeah. Well, I mean, whatever it takes, honestly, sometimes we need the labs. But yeah, I mean, I'm the founder of HAN. At HAN, we really just help women overcome chronic digestive issues by taking a root cause approach to repairing the gut. So we use functional labs. We'll run muscle testing. Sometimes we do cortisol testing. we'll run sometimes hair tissue mineral analysis we'll run functional blood work we'll run like a lot more than your regular doctor will run it's cool to see how much yeah i mean we'll get into like iron recycling system we'll get into like we can really take it in so many different directions and then we're also looking at functional ranges we're looking at like how to optimize not just you're like alive right because a lot of the ranges are like well you don't have you're not low enough to be in the disease state or high enough to be in the disease state you're just like, okay, but you feel like shit, right?

45:08So we're looking to really optimize and understand like why is this happening in the first place? That is really, really what we do. It's like we're taking a root cause approach, like to a root cause approach is what I say. Because a lot of even functional doctors will see like low vitamin D and they'll be like, great, take vitamin D. But we're asking, why is it low? Yes, sometimes it's low, like sun exposure if it's like winter, but it could be like so many other things. Like your body can't even absorb it? for absorption infections. It could be low magnesium because we need that. It could be.

45:38I know so many vitamins play off each other. Yeah. So it gets a little like complex, you know, but thank God I have a team. So I have like a team of functional, functionally trained practitioners. And between all of us, we've got like 25 plus years experience. And we've seen lots and lots of cases, fully female team. And yeah, I feel really, really proud of the team that we've like developed. And we are helping people with chronic digestive issues like every single day. and this is all virtual all virtual isn't that incredible it's amazing yeah my team's all over yeah so lucky so what is it like the process of working with you is it like you buy like a package or it's like one appointment or how does it work yeah we have a six-month program one-on-one program amazing it takes time i mean it does it does not happen overnight i need to make sure people are staying on top of things too right yeah and it's i'm like very like clear expectations from the the get-go.

46:27I'm like, this is not a 30-day cleanse. This is not a one-week shred. This is not what we're doing. We're looking to dig deeper, look under the hood, and support your body's underlying physiology from the ground up. This is going to take a second. It'll change your whole life. It's well worth it, but it's not going to be overnight. So we've got one-on-one programs, and then I've got my group program that's called Healing Guts and Shaking Butts. So cute. We help a lot. We help hundreds of clients in that program each year. Oh, wow. Yeah. What are some things that you do absolutely every day that are non-negotiables?

47:01That's a good question. Minerals. So I'm always like adding minerals. I just started doing that. Yeah. What do you do? I trace minerals to my water in the morning because I use like I have a Berkey. So it's like it's dripping it out. Right. So any like reverse osmosis or like good quality water filter is usually going to take all the junk out plus some minerals. So it's nice to like add in some minerals. So I'll do trace minerals. And then I do like electrolytes too. That is like, if you're exhausted, if you're an entrepreneur, like electrolytes, electrolytes, electrolytes. So sodium, potassium, magnesium, lots of magnesium.

47:34Magnesium is probably the one supplement that I take like, like rain or shine, you know, it's every single night I take magnesium glycinate. That's a non-negotiable for me because it helps everything. I mean, nervous system, anxiety, bowel movements, liver detoxification, Like it's involved in so many different processes in the body. So that is something I do every day. I try to move every day. I'm way more chill than I once was. The irony is that my body just like found its spot. Once I just started toning it all down. I was like a four to five times a week hit girl. I was a run six miles a day girl.

48:08And then I'm like, why am I doing this? And what are you running from? Myself. I'm running from myself. Truly. And now it's like, can I get in a 20 minute walk? And I still, I mean, I work out. I love like strength training for PCOS. That's what I do too. Insulin. Yeah. For like insulin sensitivity. Like if you're a woman listening to this, like start strength training, even if it's twice a week, it doesn't have to be like Barry's bootcamp. It doesn't have to be this really intense stuff, but like pick up a weight and start to build the muscle and the strength. It's, it's so important for longevity.

48:37So I do, I do make sure to do that a few times. It's so funny. I work out with my sister as a trainer and we do twice a week. Yeah. And I was doing like squat lifts with her this morning and she literally yelled longevity, babe, longevity. And I was like, that's so funny. And she told me that grip strength and doing pull ups is directly correlated to fucking longevity. Yeah. Holy shit. Yeah. I had no grip strength. Yeah. Mine isn't the best is either. But, you know, I'll tell you something. I've had a friend who is busy. She has two kids. She works a lot. She put a pole in between her door jam.

49:11And she was like every day I was like, I'm going to do one push or one pull up, like one pull up. And then the next day I'm going to or weekly, I'm going to try to do two. And she did that over the course of a year with like no stress or pressure. And now she can do like 25, like, you know, 30 pull ups or something. That's amazing. And I was like, that's just like an easy, no pressure, almost like a little practice challenge for yourself. And she has like, you know, you have those. Have you ever seen those things where you can test your grip strength? Mine was like so weak and she's like, you know, through the roof.

49:38And I was like, what a nice accomplishment. You know, that must feel so good. So good for women. it is i mean because when you think about it i would assume that it it's it is so important because like most people develop big injuries or like die after falls like as we get older right so it's once you get older like women if they fall and they break their hip i mean i know the percentage of those women end up dying in like the five years i don't know the exact data so don't quote me but it's like my mom's 75 we like have this conversation all the time i'm like lift those weights and then work on the grip strength so you can grab like you can pick yourself up you can grab something as you're falling i'm assuming that that's why i don't have the verification on that i guess but i mean if you think about it if you think about it like you have to be able to grab onto something as you're gonna fall i'm gonna ask this right now we're gonna uncover it yeah it's it's like it's so important and and building the strength like like strength training and picking up weights like that helps build bone density and support insulin sensitivity so it's so important as we age and we just like we lose muscle i think it's once we turn like 30 or 35, we just start losing muscle every year.

50:42I read that like many years ago and I was like, that's fun. As I get older, I'm supposed to be working out harder. Or just like picking up heavier. Yeah. So picking up heavier, less cardio bunny vibes and more so like the strength training two to three times a week and just picking picking up the weight, squatting with the weights. It feels great. It feels amazing. I mean, what it does for my mental health is truly really what but my body's like transformed since I started grip strength correlates longevity because it's surprisingly strong indicator of overall health particularly muscle mass function and nervous system integrity huh yeah nervous system function overall there's higher risk of death from causes even yeah that's so cool I would assume when we're looking at like the data it's like grip strength is important people live longer with better grip strength and then it's like they're not, you know, they're not like wiping out there.

51:36I would assume maybe I'm wrong, but that would make sense to me. Right. Also, if you have better grip strength, you're probably more fit. Like you've upkept all that other stuff. So that's probably why it's like correlated. Yeah. Anything you do before you go to bed? Before I go to bed, I try to tape my forehead. Oh, do you? Yeah. I try to tape my forehead because I don't have Botox. As soon as I hit 28, I'm like, oh, I'm like, oh, things are changing. I see everybody on TikTok wearing the tape on the forehead, it looks like it works so well. I mean, you don't need any Botox. I can't even move my forehead.

52:05I have so much Botox. I have no movement. I mean, I'm not saying I'll never do it, you know, but I'm just like. I'll tell you when it wears off. Yeah. It's a sad, this is my addiction. That's what. I don't want to be in this, in this fucking hamster wheel that I'm in. That's what one of the practitioners on my team. So we have like a skin program as well. So we'll help people with like, yeah, like, you know, eczema and rashes. What causes KP? Yeah. You know, I just asked my team member this. Like, I think she said mitochondrial function. And also like, we'll see omega-3 status. Have you ever tested your omega-3s?

52:41I actually just tested mine. No, but I'm about, I just got sent a lab for my doctor to do. And I'm going to bring that up. Yeah. So like, if your ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 is really off like that. I don't take that ever. Neither do I. I need to. Yeah. That's something I should do. I'm not like eating sardines or anything. I know. I have more of naturals. I just need to take it. I give it to my daughter. I'm done every day. Yeah. Yeah. It's hard for it. It's like the one supplement. It's hard for me to keep up too. But I just like, yeah, I don't love it. But it is important. And you can test your level with a very simple like at-home test.

53:14I forget the brand that I just did. But you just like prick your finger and then I'll tell you. And we typically like omega-6s are not bad. We need them. It's just that we usually get a lot more of exposure to omega-6s than omega-3s. Harder to get in omega-3s. So like if the ratio, I think it's supposed to be like three to one. Most of us are like 24 to one, right? Like we have way more exposure to omega-6s. So that can play a role. Mitochondrial function, a couple different things. Sometimes gut stuff. Yeah. Amazing. Mine used to be way worse because I have it too. Yeah. Ugh. I've had it my whole life.

53:48It's actually like very under control right now. Yeah. like a topical thing but I'm like I know that it's not topical you know what I mean like I know that it's like something I know that it's a symptom yeah of something yeah and it's like it does it you it does run like in your genetics too you know so you can be my mom has it really bad yeah and she was like my dad had it like it's just like okay so I can just yeah I would say as long as it's like decently in control you know it used to be really bad mine used to be really bad it's bad when I'm pregnant too. Oh, that's interesting. Lots of fun things happen when you're pregnant.

54:22Yeah, I'm scared. Moles grow, your feet grow, your nipples grow. I'm scared. It's fine. You're just like, what else, dude? But then the baby comes and you're like, okay, it's adorable. And things like go, it all goes away. But yeah, it's just like all these fun side effects happen. My arms are really bad and it was down on my forearms. And I remember my first baby shower, my cousin was like, what's going on with your arms? And I was like, I'm 215 pounds right now. Like, what's going on with everything? I don't know what's happening. I can't walk. Yeah. Well, thank you so much for coming on the podcast.

55:02How can people sign up for any of these amazing programs that you are providing for everybody? Yeah. So our website is just HannahLWord.com. And then we do have a link everything in the show notes, of course. Yeah. And then we have a quiz too. So I developed this like root cause assessment quiz that's really based on an intake form that we use. So it's not just like, you know, some like random online quiz. Like we, I added in a bunch of great questions. You can answer the questions and then you'll get your like result that could be your root cause. And then I have like tons of education for you.

55:31Like teaching is my favorite thing in the world. So there's like follow-up videos, next steps. You can book a call with me through a link in there too. And that's, so that's a great like entryway as well. And then, yeah, we can, you know, connect on Instagram too. I'm just Hannah Aylward, HHC. You have very helpful videos all over your Instagram. Thank you. Yeah, I do a lot of trainings, like just free training. Yeah. Teaching, teaching. It's literally so much free information. I know. I just, just on this other podcast, she was like, do people not sign up? Because you like just teach so much for free.

55:59And I was like, actually, no, but I do teach like, I just, I love it. And people are like so hungry for the information. They are. And you know what? And this is, I always say this when someone like you was here, I'm like, this is the type of stuff that you want in your feed when you're scrolling. You want those reminders of like the things that you need to do to like, you deserve to feel good. And like, you deserve to have the information to make yourself feel good. Yeah. Yes. Like done with the normalization of like having no energy and feeling bloated and feeling like you like don't want to wear the cute outfit.

56:27Like done, done, done, done. You know, we can make so much progress. Well, thank you so much. Yes. Thanks for having me. Of course. Thank you.

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