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Dr. Alejandro Junger

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
846 total appearances

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Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

Whoever came to the ashram, whatever skill they had, they put them to work on that. So there were people that were engineers that were working on the lighting system and the water filtration system. It's a community. Everybody's doing something.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

Whoever came to the ashram, whatever skill they had, they put them to work on that. So there were people that were engineers that were working on the lighting system and the water filtration system. It's a community. Everybody's doing something.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

It sounds like a kibbutz. Yeah, it sounds like a kibbutz. But it's a different kibbutz because in kibbutz you're just working. Right. Here you're working... On yourself. Yeah, yeah. So there's lots of time for meditation. But I was the medical director of their clinic. So what we used to do is we used to put a patient that came in a circle. Right. And we were all there.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

It sounds like a kibbutz. Yeah, it sounds like a kibbutz. But it's a different kibbutz because in kibbutz you're just working. Right. Here you're working... On yourself. Yeah, yeah. So there's lots of time for meditation. But I was the medical director of their clinic. So what we used to do is we used to put a patient that came in a circle. Right. And we were all there.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

It sounds like a kibbutz. Yeah, it sounds like a kibbutz. But it's a different kibbutz because in kibbutz you're just working. Right. Here you're working... On yourself. Yeah, yeah. So there's lots of time for meditation. But I was the medical director of their clinic. So what we used to do is we used to put a patient that came in a circle. Right. And we were all there.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

So the Ayurvedic medicine doctor asked some questions. I asked some questions. The Chinese medicine doctor asked some questions. So everybody asking questions by the end. If we have to examine, we examine. And by the end, we all give our opinion. And at the beginning, it was like, you know, like a woman came with hives all over her body. I wanted to give... And she was actually starting to wheeze.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

So the Ayurvedic medicine doctor asked some questions. I asked some questions. The Chinese medicine doctor asked some questions. So everybody asking questions by the end. If we have to examine, we examine. And by the end, we all give our opinion. And at the beginning, it was like, you know, like a woman came with hives all over her body. I wanted to give... And she was actually starting to wheeze.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

So the Ayurvedic medicine doctor asked some questions. I asked some questions. The Chinese medicine doctor asked some questions. So everybody asking questions by the end. If we have to examine, we examine. And by the end, we all give our opinion. And at the beginning, it was like, you know, like a woman came with hives all over her body. I wanted to give... And she was actually starting to wheeze.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

So she was having a severe histaminic or allergic reaction. I wanted to give her antihistamines or even prednisone. But the Ayurvedic medicine doctor said... because it was mango season. And there's like 300 types of mango in the, you know, it's a big ashram, lots of trees, you know. So we were eating mango all day long and mango juice and mango, you know. So are you eating mango?

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

So she was having a severe histaminic or allergic reaction. I wanted to give her antihistamines or even prednisone. But the Ayurvedic medicine doctor said... because it was mango season. And there's like 300 types of mango in the, you know, it's a big ashram, lots of trees, you know. So we were eating mango all day long and mango juice and mango, you know. So are you eating mango?

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

So she was having a severe histaminic or allergic reaction. I wanted to give her antihistamines or even prednisone. But the Ayurvedic medicine doctor said... because it was mango season. And there's like 300 types of mango in the, you know, it's a big ashram, lots of trees, you know. So we were eating mango all day long and mango juice and mango, you know. So are you eating mango?

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

I love mango, said the woman. Okay. And are you eating, yeah. So basically the Ayurvedic medicine doctor said, she's a Pitta constitution. And we have to stop all her fiery, Pita is fire. We have to stop all the fiery foods. So she stopped all the spices, you know, and the mango. And she said she doesn't need any medication if she does that.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

I love mango, said the woman. Okay. And are you eating, yeah. So basically the Ayurvedic medicine doctor said, she's a Pitta constitution. And we have to stop all her fiery, Pita is fire. We have to stop all the fiery foods. So she stopped all the spices, you know, and the mango. And she said she doesn't need any medication if she does that.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

I love mango, said the woman. Okay. And are you eating, yeah. So basically the Ayurvedic medicine doctor said, she's a Pitta constitution. And we have to stop all her fiery, Pita is fire. We have to stop all the fiery foods. So she stopped all the spices, you know, and the mango. And she said she doesn't need any medication if she does that.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

And within two days, I mean, the first day she left and I was checking on her because I thought she's going to need antihistamine or prednisone. But with the dietary changes and a few other instructions, there were some oils that she gave her. In two days, she was completely fine. So I was blown away. And that happened to me with all the practitioners there, right?

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

And within two days, I mean, the first day she left and I was checking on her because I thought she's going to need antihistamine or prednisone. But with the dietary changes and a few other instructions, there were some oils that she gave her. In two days, she was completely fine. So I was blown away. And that happened to me with all the practitioners there, right?

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

And within two days, I mean, the first day she left and I was checking on her because I thought she's going to need antihistamine or prednisone. But with the dietary changes and a few other instructions, there were some oils that she gave her. In two days, she was completely fine. So I was blown away. And that happened to me with all the practitioners there, right?

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

The Reiki master, the meditation master. Wow. Sometimes I had to take over and said, no. I remember there was a monk that came. He was having chest pain. And the Ayurvedic doctor said, oh, we have to take all the food. He's a vata.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

The Reiki master, the meditation master. Wow. Sometimes I had to take over and said, no. I remember there was a monk that came. He was having chest pain. And the Ayurvedic doctor said, oh, we have to take all the food. He's a vata.

Habits and Hustle
Episode 413: Dr. Alejandro Junger: The Gut's Impact on Depression, Skin and Allergies + a Gut Repair Program

The Reiki master, the meditation master. Wow. Sometimes I had to take over and said, no. I remember there was a monk that came. He was having chest pain. And the Ayurvedic doctor said, oh, we have to take all the food. He's a vata.