Change Your Brain Every Day - Your Hormones Aren't Broken—Your Gut Might Be the Missing Piece PT. 1 | Dr. Eboni Cornish

Episode Date: October 12, 2026

What if the key to balancing your hormones, boosting your energy, and finally feeling like yourself again starts in your gut? In this eye-opening conversation, functional medicine doctor Dr. Eboni Cornish, MD, and Tana Amen dive into the powerful connection between gut health, hormones, inflammation, metabolism, and overall wellness. They explore how what's happening inside your gut may affect how you feel every day—and why looking beyond symptoms could change how you approach your health. From hidden gut imbalances to hormonal shifts, stubborn weight changes, brain fog, fatigue, and digestive issues, this conversation uncovers the connections you don't want to overlook. In this episode, you'll discover: The surprising connection between your gut and your hormones How gut imbalances may affect energy, mood, metabolism, and overall well-being Why common symptoms may be worth investigating rather than simply ignoring What to know about inflammation, the microbiome, and hormonal health Practical steps to start having more informed conversations about your health If you've been doing everything right but still don't feel your best, this conversation may give you a new perspective on what your body is trying to tell you. Watch until the end—you may never look at gut health the same way again.

You can't treat these chronic infections with an antidepressant. Every single day I'll see patients who present with unrelenting anxiety. They failed five and six medications. Even when you think about it, look at those commercials, you know, heartburn, indigestion. What are they giving people? A lot of times they're giving them an antidepressant, right? Or some medication that helps with those neurotransmitters in your gun. Dr. Ebony Cornish is a board-certified family physician, a brain health expert, and a medical detective known for uncovering

why patients can look normal on paper, yet still not feel well. I find that there are more gut issues because we have more brain issues. Because how stressed are we, right? The toxins we're exposed to, the emotions we have, that can make our vagus nerve, which keeps us in fight or flight dysfunctional. So what does a healthy microbiome actually look like, and how do you know if yours is healthy?

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It has truly been a godsend. Stories like that remind me why I'm so passionate about helping people care for their brains. Visit BrainMD.com and use code podcast 20 for 20% off. Better brain, better life. Welcome to change your brain every day. I have a very special friend here today's. I think you're going to really enjoy this episode. Dr. Ebony Cornish is a board certified family physician, a brain health expert and a medical detective known for uncovering why patients can look normal on paper yet still not feel well. Using a brain first whole body approach, she connects hormones, infections, toxins, inflammation, gut health, metabolism and nervous system dysfunction to changes in mood, cognition, energy, and longevity. So basically, she's putting it all together for you. And she's an associate medical director at Aman Clinics and president-elect of I-Lads. So I am very excited to have you here today because you have been so instrumental to so many

people in our family, including me. I'm so happy to be here, too. This is my favorite topic. I know, because we are constantly bothering you with it. Because it's like everybody, it feels like most people at some point, or many points, struggle with this, the gut brain connection or it's connected to so many other things, mood, hormones, I mean, a million things. Yeah, it is, it is everything. And, you know, I started this from my own gut journey years ago when I was in med school. I never heard of that term irritable bowel. Yeah. And you think you can eat everything at 18, 19. You know, I was just eating what I wanted. And then I realized, you know, you got to make some changes. And making those lifestyle changes help me. So even my kids,

they read labels. They judge me. Oh, no, your kids, your kids are so cute. They're so amazing. It's amazing. They're in fifth grade. Yeah. And they are so savvy. It's crazy. Yeah. So it's good. It's good to grow up with that knowledge. You have to start from somewhere. So we start it from birth. And when I tell all my patients, look, your kids don't have jobs. They can't do the grocery shopping. Right. So if you want them to have an optimal gut, you're the boss. So luckily, the triplets, they just. don't know anything else about that. Let's just repeat that so people can hear it. She has triplets. Yeah. First of all, she looks that good. But second of all, triplets. Let's say that again.

Triple trouble is what we shift. But they are so cute. They're actually really cute. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. They're amazing. So why do so many people have gut issues in our society now? Like, why is it worse, it seems like than ever? I know, I feel like I know what you're going to say, but you always surprise me with something unique. How much is that connected to what you see at A. clinics with a lot of the mood issues we have and brain issues we have. And I am going to say something different because I find that there are more gut issues because we have more brain issues. Oh, backwards.

Yes, I think of it backwards because how stressed are we, right? The toxins we're exposed to the emotions we have. That can make our vagus nerve, which keeps us in fight or flight dysfunctional. And that's the long- Are you saying I'm dysfunctional? No, I'm just saying, you know, we probably, I'm right. probably am, you know, my vaguest nerve is in fight or flight too, right? I'm always in fighter flight. But no, honestly, that's the longest nerve in the body. It connects the gut and the brain.

And because we have this kind of fight or flight society and world, that brain imbalance can lead to gut imbalances. So yes, we're choosing the wrong things. We have a lot of foods out there that are inflammatory and toxic more than ever before, right? It's not the diet of our grandma had when she ate fast food. It wasn't the same as what's available now. and we all know that, but we need to focus more on brain optimization. So interesting. So you're saying like nervous system stuff and like being able to settle ourselves down, treating trauma. Exactly.

Because even when you think about it, look at those commercials, you know, heartburn, indigestion, what are they giving people? A lot of times they're giving them an antidepressant, right? Or some medication that helps with those neurotransmitters in your gut. It's so funny because I always think of when people have depression, anxiety, all these things, we at A.M clinics often think we need to get their nutrition right. And it's so interesting to hear you say we need to get their brain right, which is, I mean, it's a positive feedback loop, right, but or a negative one.

Yeah, it's bidirectional. And what I find is I used to always say, okay, let's get your gut right. And I had to be more culturally sensitive. This is where I started thinking about the brain because I can't tell a working mom, high functioning person who's not feeling well to eat gluten-free. sugar-free, dairy-free, processed food-free, especially if they live in a food desert and they don't have a place to go get these groceries. Or they're single mom and they don't have the money and we have to figure out how to help them when they're on a budget. Exactly. And what I

found is if I help calm the nervous system at times, and that can be free, that can be as easy as taking five to ten minutes a day of just calming activities. That can also help the gut. And you take those baby steps, you know, and that makes a huge difference in our patients. Wow, I love that. Yeah, that was definitely the opposite of what I thought you were going to say. So let's talk about how the gut contributes to neuroinflammation. What are the biggest drivers for that? And first I'll tell people what neuroinflammation is. And then how is the gut contributing to that? So we know what inflammation. It's like, you know, if you cut yourself and it's red and it's on fire, that's inflammation. And we can have that in all areas of our body.

It can be in our joints, you know, it can be in our muscles. We start having pain. But guess what? It can also impact the brain. Yeah. And some of the common symptoms that people, you know, they've never heard of it. You think of brain fog, kind of some fatigue. But even your mood can be impacted.

And because the gut and the brain are connected, when I'll tell to it and I'll say, you know, if your gut is impaired, those chemicals that cause inflammation go haywire. And that inflammation is going to cross over into your brain. So when we're eating inflammatory things, I know for me, I found out years ago that gluten was a sedative. I can't tolerate if I have gluten. I'm going to feel like I need to take a nap and I'm going to feel as if, you know, I'm a little foggy.

But it wasn't until I started understanding that gut-brain connection that it made sense. And even with kids, you know, a lot of times people are thinking of inflammation and just their system. Well, I kind of went off tangent. Let me go say that. Let me back up to neuroinflammation. Okay, let me go. I'm going to church right now. Let me back it up.

Let me bring you back. All right. And some of the common things that can cause this brain inflammation will also damage the gut. So a lot of my patients might have parasites. So we'll talk about this in a second. Go ahead and finish. And that'll cause brain inflammation as well. Or you might have all these toxins in your gut.

And eventually they can go out of your gut if your gut is damaged and travel to the brain. Yeah. And cause it to be impaired as well. So something very personal to us. My daughter went away to college, went out to the woods with her sorority and ended up getting a tick bite. and she ended up getting Lyme. And she was just not the same person. She was completely 100% not the same person.

This is a girl that had, you know, 4.2 GPA. She was just very driven, very assertive, very good student. Just, you know, and all of a sudden she was so paralyzed with anxiety. When I tell you paralyzed, I mean paralyzed with anxiety. She couldn't focus. She couldn't think. She couldn't put things together. She was crying every day, calling me crying, thinking like, and she knew they were crazy thoughts.

That's the thing. And she knew they were crazy thoughts. She knew it wasn't her, but she couldn't disconnect from it. And so we scanned her and you remember her scan. Yeah. Like I'm assuming that's neuroinflammation in a nutshell. Yes. It was on fire.

Yes. It looked like a bomb went off. It did. It actually did. It was an inflammatory bomb triggered by these underlying infections. and then you don't recognize yourself. No, she was terrified that she was going to ruin her life because she was just so paralyzed and shut down.

And you treated her. And she's not the same person again anymore. Now she's like amazing. She's thriving. She's, you know. So this is why it's so important because I think a lot of people would have put her on very hardcore psychiatric medications. And that's not what she needed at that time.

What she needed was to get the underlying cause treated, which in her case, was Lyme. Yeah, and I always tell patients all the time, you can't treat these chronic infections with an antidepressant. You know, and I see it every single day. I'll see patients who present with unrelenting anxiety. They failed five and six medications. That's, in fact, how I started working with the clinics. It's because my first patient was just like your daughter with just mood that changed overnight. Yeah. And it was secondary to an underlying bug. And I always tell patients, you got to keep asking those questions. Is it infections? Is it your gut that's impacting your brain? And don't just settle for medications to give a band-aid coverage. It's really important to pay attention and understand, like, is this my baseline? And if it's not my baseline and it happened pretty suddenly, like, pay attention to that. Yeah. And then one of the things, I mean, no one wants to talk about poop, but we have to talk about poop. I'm a nurse. I know a lot about poop. I'm a poop queen. Right. So we have to talk about it. I mean, at some point, when it comes to the gut, you've got to really pay.

attention because when do you know when to do a stool test on someone? Yeah. So there are a few things. One, I always tell patients, if you don't have a regular bowel movement every day, you're like a septic tape. You shouldn't just be relying on laxatives and things to help get motility going. It might be an imbalance of the good and bad bacteria in your gut. Because we have trillions, trillions of good and bad bacteria. The bad bacteria is going to send bad signals and do bad things. The good ones are going to help with our immunity and our brain function. So I say patients, one, who are having that constipation and bloating and just not getting better, you might want to look deeper, right? You can have an overgrowth of bad bacteria and think you're doing all the right things, taking all these supplements,

but you're treating them wrong culprit. Well, what about the one who has 15 a day? I know. Then you definitely want to look at some root causes, because it could be things like irritable bowel, you know, malabsorption, and you come in and you're taking all these supplements. and they're not going into your system. They're going straight into the toilet because you have malabsorption issues. It can also be that you don't have the right digestive enzyme or support to the organ, the pancreas,

to absorb what you're taking. And a lot of those patients are just losing weight, having 15, 16 stools a day, loose stools, eating the right things, but they haven't checked for their enzymes. So I remember there was a time where I called you because I'm like, I am having like a lot of stools during the day and like a lot of diarrhea and it was like I was getting

concerned and we I know this is a lot of personal information but um so you had me test and I was stunned at what came back I thought I thought I had C diff or something bizarre like I'm a nurse so for my first thought is I've got something I don't know what I see in the hospital I get a call from the public health nurse I actually had salmonella it was the craziest thing I was like where did I get salmonella and if I had salmonella I thought I would be a lot sicker it was like a chronic version of salmonella apparently. So we didn't even do an antibiotic, which was so interesting to me. We ended up basically treating it with, well, tell them what we should do with. Yeah. So what we had to do was we had to reestablish good bacteria, right? Because you want to crowd out the bad guys. So we did a

really high and potent probiotic. Right. You know, we did BSL, which is over the counter, but we did 225 billion to kind of give a huge reset to your microbiome. We also did things to help your immune system. It's called immunoglobulin. It's actually from cows, their actual immune no globulin that keeps your immune system strong because a lot of your immune cells are in your gut. So we optimize the immune system in your gut. And then we gave you some herbal. You know, we did some gentle herbals. We did some oregano, garlic combination, which was antimicrobial to suppress that bad organism. So it wasn't it just, you know, that's a mistake people make. They jump and they want to kill. But then you're going to also...

But then you have to mess up your microbiome. Exactly. So it's all about balance. That's what we did. And all about restoration. And that end of itself helps suppress that salmonella. Two weeks. It took two weeks.

Yeah. It doesn't take that long. It was crazy. I remember I was like, wow, that was like crazy how fast it like sort of turned around. Yeah. Your immune system is brilliant. And that's where your gut has host those immune cells. It can defeat these bad organisms.

Do you know how many trillions of bad organisms we have in our guts right now? but it's about balance. You want to have a balance in your microbiome. Yeah. And that's what keeps you kind of steady. Every clinician deserves training that truly changes lives. One of our students said, this curriculum has been invaluable to my practice.

I've seen improved outcomes and have created more effective treatment plans. I love hearing that because better trained clinicians mean healthier patients, and that's how we change the future of mental health, one practice at a time. Explore the elite brain health certification program at Amon University.com. So what does a healthy microbiome actually look like, and how do you know if yours is healthy? How do you know when to get it treated? How do you know, like, how do we know? It's so interesting because there is one bacteria specifically that I start studying. It's called bifidol bacterium.

It's one strain. And they've been showing that this organism is associated with autism. Depletions of bifidal bacteria have been found in long COVID. It's actually an organism that crosses into the blood-brain barrier and decreases inflammation. So that's one of those things I'm targeting a lot of patients because that's an organism that can help with your brain. If you're having, you know, brain fog, that can be your gut. People don't think about that. If you're having insomnia be related to your gut, or especially anxiety, that's where they're creating different probiotics that have calming agents in it. And we also

know some of these organisms are calming. So I would tell most patients, that's when you start getting tested. And more importantly, those patients, when you do like a lab work, and you're taking like 10, 15 supplements for vitamins and nutrients, and then you're still deficient? Well, you could have leaky gut and malabsorption. And that needs to be further evaluated. Or that patient who's optimizing protein, they're doing everything right, and then they're still losing weight uncontrollably.

That can also be a problem with your gut. And irregular bowels, like we mentioned early, that's like an easy sign or parasites. It's almost like a late detector. Yeah, it's like, okay, here we are. But brain function changes, weight changes are huge. It's inflammation and mood. Yeah, that's important that you think about your gut. So what are some things that people can do easily at home to balance their gut?

Or let's just say that maybe they're not ready to come see someone. They're not sure if they should come see someone. But what are some easy assessments? I mean, you just sort of talked about that. But then some easy things they can do just to feel. better quick. Let me tell you something. I have patients and they roll their eyes when they come into my office about this question because they're not ready, right? You got to take baby steps. I ask every patient, tell me the most toxic thing you're eating that you know hurt your brain if they're connected.

And they might just give me one food and I'll take it. If you start one at a time trying to eliminate some of the things that are toxic and you're careful with it because no one is perfect, right? Right. So you might start with the big offenders, like fast food, for example, and try if you're doing it every day. If you're a truck driver or working mom, try to limit it to healthy options. And then better yet, slowly try to wean off of it. But sometimes it's not just how much you should not eat, but what you should eat. And that's where AI comes into play. Because right now, all my patients, we talk about their foods. And then I plug it into AI and try to find healthy alternatives. So much easier. On a budget.

And store bought items and one pot items that can help you on this healthy road. Because that's what we need to do. We need to stop punishing ourselves, doing these fat diets. We need to know what our body can tolerate. And we need to take baby steps and have forgiveness. But more importantly, know where to go. See, I love that because I know this is really interesting because I was like the food police. I was that person.

I wrote the Omni Diet. I was the person in my house. I was the food police. Everything had to be perfect. everything, was very rigid when I first went on this journey, because I went on this journey to heal myself, not to write a book. And so I think when people first start, they can often go to extremes. And it can be expensive and time-consuming, and it's a lot, right? But, you know, over time, I've just realized that that really doesn't work well for people. And then I know something

happened with me after my mom died. And I went through just that a lot of grief. And it was a very, it was a big surprise. And I'm like, I can't live like that anymore. I just can't. So I need to, I need more balance. I need it to be easier and I need it to be more gentle. And I just think it's an easier way for people to live. I agree. Because what I find is I'm talking to you and I'm telling you we're going to work on calming your central nervous system and then you leave my office and you're stressed out because you don't know what to eat. And I'm super rigid. Yeah. You're super rigid. And then that makes your nervous system and your biggest. And I'm causing everyone else in my house to be. Right. And I'm the doctor trying to tell you how to fix it. And I'm making you

more stress. Or you go through that plan for a few months and then you binge after. You can't live, but you can't live with it. You can't. And that's why I told my patients, we got to make baby steps and lifestyle changes because most people know what's bad for them. You know, they don't need that long list. My one patient called it mommy shaming. Yeah. But we got to just give our patience and as people opportunities to make mistakes, but also alternatives that are realistic, that are affordable. And that's what I do. It's help my practice so much. And let's like let's address this because so many people think, well, if I'm going to go on this journey and I end up making a mistake or cheating, first of all,

I hate that term. I hate the term cheat day or I cheated because it instantly creates this like, oh, I shouldn't have done that. It creates all this, these issues. It's like, okay, if I decide to have something, if someone sees me out and they see me having something, I chose to have it. I, I am not going to feel bad about it. I'm going to have it. And then I'm going to get back on track. Because if I sit there and go, oh, I cheated and I create all the shame around it, then it's like, it just makes it icky.

And like you just, you don't want to get back on track. It's like, I made a mistake. So I'm just going to, now I'm going to like double down on it. Exactly. And that's what women do. It's like, if I can't do it perfectly, I'm not going to do it at all. I'm going to pick up my toys and go home. And I'm going to double down and now I'm just going to give up.

Exactly. Or what will happen is you got to listen to your body. Right. If you know you're going to fall off, don't worry about cheating. See what's going on with your body. Is it triggering joint pain? Are you now more foggy? Pay attention.

Pay attention. Exactly. And like if I'm going to do it, I'll have a thing where it's like I don't need to, like I'll have three bites. I don't need to sit there and gorge on it. Just have three bites and move on. And the other thing I tell patients, and this is so important, nothing tastes better than your health.

Yes. It's true. Period. And for every toxic food you give up, that's one toxic biohacking technique or supplement you're probably going to have to take. Right. So it's just about thinking about it logically because, you know, people can get that, you know, go hard or go home mentality.

They try to model themselves after perfection. And it's just not attainable. No, it's not attainable. And so don't beat yourself up. Do the best you can. Always do the best you can. Always do a little bit better than you did before. it happens, just move on. Yeah. Like just don't, don't beat yourself up. It's not worth it. And you got to

remember, it's not expensive to be healthy with your diet. You can get the frozen foods. You know, the frozen vegetables are very common. I always tell patients to get those, they can't afford fresh produce or the Asian or international markets or the farmer's markets. Just trying to find those easy things, you know, sometimes even store brand as long as you're looking at the labels, can be healthier than poor alternatives. So one of my favorite things to tell people is compared to what. Do the best you can compared to what? Because it can be an investment, but it is an investment because as someone who's had cancer

who had to drop out of college, quit my job and file bankruptcy, let me tell you what's expensive. Exactly. Being sick is expensive. Exactly. So it's an investment. It is something, it's like I know when I first started doing it, I had to cut out some things to invest in that and it was worth it because I didn't want to be sick and I didn't want to be depressed anymore.

Right. And especially, you know, in our society, we know especially among children, diabetes, pre-diabetes, high, you know, fructose, all the things that are toxic in our world right now. So yes, it's important to make those healthy decisions because it's connected to your brain function and your function long term. So I think it's very important that you acknowledge what's happened to your body when you do certain things, but more importantly, how much better you feel when you start making those changes one at a time to remove those toxic foods out of your life forever. And you look at it not only as a

diet, because I hate that word. Me too. I look at it as a lifestyle. Yeah, first three letters in the word diet are die. I'm not interested in dying. I never thought of it that way. Like, let's die. No, it needs to be something you can do forever. Yes, forever. Yeah. And that's why I say if you fall off, just get back on. It's just, you know, there's got to be an entry point every time you can't. It's not like I'm starting all over again. So, no, you're just getting back on. Yeah.

I mean, but of course, if you have like autoimmune gut disease, because I see a lot of patients who have celiac. Yeah. And they know. That's different. That's different. I don't want people listening. You have to be a little bit more clear about, yeah.

Yeah. It always depends on what you have, obviously, you know, depending on how severe you are and what you've got going on. Exactly. Your underlying health conditions. Like, you have diabetes, hypertension, autoimmune. immune disease. We know that there are certain foods that will make those diseases worse. So that's what I mean about, you know, looking how your entire body feels and eliminating those

things one at a time. So one of the questions I get a lot from people is do they really need to take probiotics? Are they necessary? Or can they, why can't they just get what they need from food? And I think you can get what you need from food. I mean, a lot of times I'll find patients who react negatively to probiotics because they are living organisms. And patients who might have leaky gut, a probiotic might actually be stimulating to them and cause their immune system to react to this living microbe. But not only that, you can have too much of a good bacteria

and you can get something called SIBO, which is small intestinal bacteria overgrowth. From taking too much probiotic? For having too much gas-producing organisms and probiotics can add to that. So it's a disorder of the stomach. You have too much bad bacteria in your small intestine, causing bloating, irregular bowel that just won't go away.

And then you add probiotics onto that and it makes matters worse. And sometimes you can get probiotics in their trash. They're just sugar. You know, they're not actually living organisms or they might not even get past your you know, the acid in your stomach. So I'm all about, you know, pro and prebiotic rich foods. I tell my patients, do the fermented foods if you can, right? My nasty habit is I take a, I take a teaspoon of sourcrown in the morning. Yeah. I mean, my breath doesn't smell well after. Kim cheese is great. Yeah, kimchi is amazing. It does smell so amazing, but it tastes good. It's actually really good.

My gut feels better, right? But things like that and things that are rich in fiber because so many of us are fiber deficient in this country. And fiber is what actually feeds those good organisms in the microbiomes, eating your fruits that are rich in fiber. Fiber also helps you become regular. But I tell patients to do food sources first before they go out and they purchase agents. So I actually add a little bit of prebiotic fiber to my smoothie in the morning, just so I make sure that I know I'm getting it.

Yeah. So let's talk for one second about post. Postbiotics, because, you know, we hear so much now about postbiotics. I think a lot of people don't know what postbiotics are. Yeah. So it's interesting. Sorry, I'll talk about my war with postbiotics. Oh, okay.

Let's talk about it. So postbiotics, which everyone is all the crave, I tend to look at it as just those organisms in the microbiome, once you have that balanced approach to them, how it's helping inflammation in your immune system. People are trying to put names on supplements and calling them postbiotics. So you have the prebiotics, which is your inuline and your XOS. And then they're giving you these postbiotics, which they claim are like healing for your gut lining. I don't think it works. I don't.

What about helping the mitochondria? I've heard a lot about helping the mitochondria. Yeah. So mitochondria support is key. But you can't restore mitochondria if you don't know all the root causes. of its imbalance. The gut is just one part, right? We have mitochondria. That gives us energy. It's all throughout our body. But the question is, well, what is compromising your mitochondria in the first place? That's what I ask. And when I'm looking at gut and I'm looking at food and I'm

looking at, you know, inflammation and more importantly, when I'm looking at just a tired person, my question is, well, why aren't they tired? Not just let's support the mitochondria. What I found years ago, I would try to give patients mitochondria support. They would crash. They would tear. Interesting. I'm giving them CO-10, ubiquinol, all these things to increase ATP. But that was because they still had really active infections. Okay. And toxin that hadn't been addressed. And the same thing can hold true in your gut. If we're not suppressing that root cause and we try to just jump to restore the mitochondria, it's not going to work. That makes sense. So I think in our next episode, we want to talk a little bit about menopause and menopause

and how all of this ties in together with not just the gut, but the brain. And yeah, because I think I'm definitely way further ahead than you are. But I know that we both are at that stage where I think you're probably Perry and I'm post. Yes. Yes. It's there. We're all around it, though. And we want to talk about that because I know that's a stage where a lot of women,

doesn't that sort of affect your mitochondria as well when you're just aging naturally, doesn't it affect the mitochondria? Of course. Aging as well as puberty. Right. Anytime your hormones shift, especially your estrogen, which is anti-inflammatory and also encourages the growth of our good organisms in the microbiome, when that shifts and becomes depleted, we get a lot of trouble.

Yeah. And we always just think of it as, you know, a sex hormone, let's replace it. But we need to also understand the benefits. of it and how balancing it is so important, not only just for our brain, but our gut as well in our inflammation, as well as our immune system. Excellent. I love that. Can't wait to talk about it. I know. So we're going to bring that up in our next episode, and this has been so much fun talking about this. I always love talking to you. So I'm going to tell you one of my favorite testimonials from Eamon clinics, you know, it's the reason we exist to help people get better. Eric said,

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