360: Dr. Robin Berzin - Transforming Medicine, Balancing A Career & Motherhood, Overcoming Cystic Acne

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Dr. Robin Berzin (IG: @robinberzinmd) is a practicing physician and the founder and CEO of Parsley Health.

She combines the best of conventional primary care with a functional approach to health. This means that Robin focuses on getting to the root cause of disease rather than just treating the symptoms.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Robin became the 1st producer of Dr. Oz’s radio show
• The epiphany that sparked Robin's medical career
• How yoga led to meditation
• Transitioning to eating real food
• Using a holistic approach to medicine to heal chronic illnesses
• Transforming medicine
• Robin developing bad cystic acne during medical school
• Getting to the root of the problem
• Triggers for intestinal permeability (aka leaky gut)
• Testing for food allergies & food sensitivities
• The elimination diet vs. the autoimmune protocol (AIP)
• Sugar is poison
• The personalized medicine approach at Parsley Health
• How Vipassana Meditation transformed Robin’s life
• Balancing a career & motherhood
• Eating healthy is self-care
• Knowing how to feel good and get healthy

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