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The Detox Reset: Gut Health, Microplastics & Reducing Your Toxic Load | Adam Parker

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Show Notes

What if improving your health isn’t always about adding another supplement, protocol or wellness habit — but removing some of the things getting in the way?

In this episode of The Health Review, I’m joined by Adam Parker, detox and restorative health expert, host of The Ideal Day Podcast and author of The Detox Reset, for a conversation about what detoxification actually means in a world where we’re increasingly exposed to microplastics, chemicals, processed foods and other environmental stressors.

Adam shares his own experience of struggling with digestive problems, anxiety, hair loss and a rapidly shrinking list of foods he could tolerate. After years of trying supplements, biohacking and different protocols, he says one of the biggest shifts came when he stopped asking what else he needed to add and started looking at what he could remove instead.

We talk about his “subtraction principle”, why he believes reducing everyday exposures can be just as important as adding new health interventions, and some of the simple changes he recommends around water, food storage, cookware, sleep and daily habits.

We also get into the gut and liver, SIBO, histamine intolerance, bile flow, sauna, minerals, testing and why Adam thinks so many people get stuck in cycles of elimination diets and increasingly complicated protocols rather than looking at the bigger picture.

And importantly, this isn’t a conversation about extreme juice cleanses or quick fixes. Adam’s approach is much more about small changes, repeated consistently, and creating an environment that allows the body to do more of what it already knows how to do.

A wide-ranging conversation about modern health, environmental exposures and whether sometimes the most useful thing we can do is simply get a few things out of the way.

Pre-order Adam's book The Detox Reset here: https://thedetoxreset.com

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