HouseCall: Strong Immune System, Addressing Digestive Concerns, Stopping Ozempic, Sunfiber or PHGG for Digestion, Red Light & Thyroid, Blood Spot Testing

Welcome back to our weekend Cabral HouseCall shows!

This is where we answer our community’s wellness, weight loss, and anti-aging questions to help people get back on track!

Check out today’s questions:

Sheena: Hi Dr. C! Hope you and your team are well. I was wondering what it means to rarely get sick. I’m 45 years old and can count on one hand how many times I’ve been sick the last 25+ years. Do I just have a really strong immune system or is something wrong? Is this normal? Isn’t it good to get sick once or twice a year to build immunity? I keep thinking that when I DO get sick in the future as a senior, it’ll be really bad from all the years of ‘build up’ lol looking forward to hearing your response! Thx!

Sarah: Hello, I have been struggling for several years with significant gastrointestinal symptoms, including alternating constipation and diarrhea, as well as painful bloating. I usually wake up with a flat stomach but by the end of the day I look 9 months pregnant. I was recently tested and found to be positive for both H. pylori and candida overgrowth. In your experience, which condition should be addressed first, and are there specific supplements or treatment protocols you typically recommend to begin care? Thank you so much!

Angela: Good evening, I have just stopped taking Ozempic because I have been having nausea and upper stomach pain for 5 months now. Went to doctor and found out I’m plugged up so the gave me some stuff to clear me out. It has helped my sugar a lot back to normal range and also my liver count is back to normal. I have lost 30 lbs which was to much but don’t want all of it to come back. Just reaching out to see if there is something else I can do. Thanks Angela

Dave: Dr. Cabral, can you please explain the use of sunfiber or PHGG and if it is suitable for sensitive/irritable colon? Does it really help with butyrate producing bacteria? I would also like to ask about red and infrared devices targeting thyroid gland when there is autoimmunity, normal function, high antibodies and slight structural gland damage. Would you recommend red/infrared light device directly applied on the thyroid as a part of the destress thyroid specific protocol? If so, how long, how often, intermitently? Thank you for your advice.

Jenny: Hi Dr. Cabral – I have completed several lab tests and appreciate the coaching call that comes with them to review. When I’ve talked about this process with friends, some are skeptic regarding the blood spot card. How can I explain to them how the dried blood spots can be used to test some of the things traditional blood draws test with the same accuracy? Thank you!

Thank you for tuning into today’s Cabral HouseCall and be sure to check back tomorrow where we answer more of our community’s questions!