Dr. Shalli Deyo spent over 20 years as a pharmacist before she stopped trusting the system she worked inside. Two sons with compounding health conditions, a medicine cabinet full of things that weren't solving anything, and eventually, a decade of watching food and gut health do what prescriptions couldn't. That journey is what brought her to functional medicine, and eventually, to this conversation.

Alexandria and Dr. Shalli get into what functional medicine actually looks at and why conventional medicine keeps missing it, the elimination diet and how it works in practice, the gut-brain connection and what it means for focus, mood, and inflammation, and why the symptoms most people brush off as normal are often early warning signs worth paying attention to.

Alexandria talks about going through Dr. Shalli's program with her husband, the grumpiness of the elimination phase, the grocery store tour that changed how she reads a label, and why her seven-year-old now interrogates every item they put in the cart. Dr. Shalli talks about what she sees with couples, the pattern of women wanting to make changes while their partners resist, and why waiting until something is seriously wrong is the most expensive approach to health there is.

If you've ever felt like your doctor was managing you rather than helping you, or if you've normalized symptoms you've had so long you forgot they weren't supposed to be there, this is for you. More energy, clearer thinking, a plan you can actually follow — it's all on the table. Hit play, then subscribe, share this with someone who's been told "it's normal," and leave a review with the biggest health question you want answered next.

Resources mentioned:

• Good Energy by Dr. Casey Means and Callie Means
• Institute for Functional Medicine provider directory
• Environmental Working Group Clean 15 / Dirty Dozen: ewg.org
• Imperfect Produce
• Dr. Shalli Deyo's website
• Free monthly talks in Vancouver, WA at Natural Grocers (dates posted on her website): https://functionalpharmacistnw.com/wellness-talk/

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