SPEAKER_00 0:15

Welcome back everyone to another episode of the Detox Experience. I'm Jeff Hoyt, and I'm today joined by Ashley Boone out of Florida. How are you doing today, Ashley?

SPEAKER_01 0:24

I'm good. How are you? I'm so excited to be here.

SPEAKER_00 0:27

Absolutely. I'm doing great. Happy to have you here. This is great. We've communicated via email a little bit. I don't think we ever talked on the phone, and we definitely haven't seen each other face to face. So this is always great. So I think this is going to be good. And um yeah, so let's just start with a little bit about your journey. How did you get into this kind of natural wellness space? Kind of tell us a little bit about your uh your wellness healing journey.

SPEAKER_01 0:48

Yeah, yeah. So um kind of a long story. Back in 2013, I moved into a house that was a rental, and I started having all these crazy health issues. And it started out as hormonal imbalances, skin issues, um, lots of fatigue, and then that over the years progressed to chronic pain. At one point, I was unable to walk. Um, I remember my goal being to walk to the mailbox and then to walk to the next door neighbor's mailbox. And so I lived in this house for collectively over six years, and I had all these issues, and I didn't realize that they were connected, right? I was going to see professionals to help me with my chronic pain. I was going to see professionals to help me with my hormonal imbalances and my skin issues. And, you know, it's just the run in the mill, right? Just addressing symptoms, never really getting to the root cause. And this essentially lasted not only the entire time that I was in that house, but then years after that. And then I started to experience even worse, even worse symptoms. And I I've sat down and written out all the symptoms that I've had over the past 12, 13 years, and it's several dozen. And so I had all these symptoms fluctuating over the years, right? And I got to the point where I kind of just had to take matters into my own hands and do my own research, right? Because no one was helping me. And this was after I had broken out of the mainstream medical system. Even still, you know, I was seeing functional medicine practitioners, I was trying to address the root cause of each individual issue, but not knowing that each individual issue was actually from mold. So looking back hindsight, there was mold in that house. And I remember about a year into living in that house, we found mold in the bathroom. The landlord comes out, just wants to spray bleach. It comes back, they come out again, want to spray bleach again, it they come back again, and we're like, we're gonna spray bleach a third time. At that point, I was like, No, we're not gonna do that. And it was interesting because at the time I was 20 years old, and here I am challenging a landlord and saying, No, buddy, I need you to pull the sheetrock down. And they did, and it was just complete black mold covered all over it. Um, so I didn't realize that the mold in that house was not just the bathroom, right? And I didn't know about how sneaky mold is back then, and I also didn't know the effects that it has on our health. And so essentially I continued to live in that house thinking that the issue was resolved in the bathroom all the while. It's all throughout the house. You just can't see it. And so then when I moved out of that house, I continued to have major issues with my health. Um, I mean, I was almost passing out on a regular basis multiple times a day. The final three years of me being sick, I was nauseous to the point where I could not eat enough food. And this was coming from someone who knows, you know, how much food to eat, right? I mean, I I at that time I was, or before that, I was coaching women in nutrition. You know, I had my nutrition on point in my head, but I wasn't able to actually execute and ended up losing a lot of weight. Um, so several, several symptoms over the years. And eventually I I got fed up because nothing was nothing was working. These people that I were working with were great, they had great intentions, but they just simply weren't aware of the mold aspect. And so I had this suspicion for years, and I was doing my own research and learning about mold toxicity and how mycotoxins affect our health, not just upper respiratory, like you'll find on Google, but really, I mean, even neurologically, I'm we're talking memory loss that I really had a hard time with for a long time, major cognitive decline. And so I had the suspicion that it was from mold for quite some time. And then I finally found a mold litter practitioner. And the first appointment, I walked in and I'm like, okay, I need you to test me for mycotoxins. And of course, right, it's it's not your typical off-the-street practitioner. It's very expensive, it's not it's not covered by insurance. And so he was kindly trying to not have me spend all this money that I didn't have to spend, right? He was uh he he did a very good job at not just throwing a bunch of tests at me that I didn't need. And so he hesitated and he was like, Oh, well, are you sure? Do you really are are you sure you want that test? And I gave him all my symptoms, and he's like, Okay, yeah, there's something to this. Tested, uh, we did a blood serum test for mycotoxins, and my antibodies were indicative of not only past exposure, which I knew, but also current exposure. And at that time, I was living in a place I I had been out of the house where I originally got sick for years at that time. And we're and where my husband and I were living, it was it it looked pristine. You you would have never guessed that where we were living had mold, but even the slightest bit of mold in that environment, because I had such crazy exposure from all those years prior, my my immune system was just totally shot. So that it took me, let's see, I want to say 12 years. Yeah, 12 years to confirm that all those symptoms over a decade were from mycotoxins.

SPEAKER_00 7:05

Yeah. So this this was just so so 2013 and then 12 years. So this was just like last year.

SPEAKER_01 7:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:11

That this was happening, this later part of the story. Okay.

unknown 7:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:15

Keep going with the story. This is good. This is good. Keep it, keep it rolling.

SPEAKER_01 7:20

Yeah. So about a year and a half ago, it was then when I realized, yes, confirmed it is from old.

unknown 7:29

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:29

Yeah. Okay. So then what at that point? So I mean I'm sure that was a relief because 12 years of like you're pretty much you're sure, but like you have don't have the confirmation. So like in the back of your mind, you're kind of like, maybe there's something else. Yes. Then you got that. So that's that's good. All right. So then at that point, it's like, what do you do about it? Like, what did what did the doctor recommend, or the practitioner, what did what courses of action did you start taking in addition to what you'd already been doing for 12 years?

SPEAKER_01 7:55

Yeah. So so at that time, what happened was the honest answer is that we had to take things slow. The honest answer is that I was given a protocol and it was not really working because I was still in the mold. And everything that I was trying to take on a regular basis, on a daily basis, it it actually was overwhelming for my nervous system. I realized that I I wasn't, my nervous system was not in a parasympathetic state, and therefore I wasn't really able to not only take the things that I needed to take every day, but I wasn't able to detox. I wasn't able to get these things out of my body. And so initially we just focused on replenishing my system. My nutrient levels were so low, not only from not being able to eat and feeling like I was nauseous every time that I would eat and losing so much weight, but also I believe from the heavy metals. And so that takes us to the heavy metal testing. And I had a crazy sensitivity to binders. I wasn't really able to take them. And so initially, we started me on very gentle binders. I took ochrapepsin, I took um pectisol, modified citrus pectin for a period of time. And it's it's really just what my body could handle. And then after we saw that it was not budging my heavy metals at all, that's when we were like, okay, let's let's whip out the Zocharge. And so it was my mold litter practitioner who introduced me to Zocharge. And so that was about six months after, less than six months after we moved out of mold, that I started taking Zoocharge. So um for context, when we found out that we were living in mold, it wasn't a crazy mold situation, maybe according to the average person who isn't sensitive. But when we did the ERMI testing, it did confirm that there were dangerous levels of mold in that environment, even for someone who wasn't chronically ill the way that I was. And so then once we moved out of there, that is when I started taking the zoocharge about six months later. I was also taking I was also taking wormwood, which was really effective for me to kill off mold overgrowth, fungal overgrowth in my system. I could tell a huge difference taking that for sure.

SPEAKER_00 10:41

Yeah. Yeah. So, okay, so you were able, and did you try some of the other binders once you moved out of the um out of the mold as well? And were you still not able to tolerate them, or you just went straight to the zoo charge at that point?

SPEAKER_01 10:55

So I think my practitioner did a good job at introducing me to gentle binders at first that I could tolerate, and I could tolerate them. I never had herx reactions from other binders. I would have herx reactions from um broad spectrum antimicrobials. I did have herx reactions from the wormwood. I could also tell it helped me though. So I didn't necessarily have a bad reaction to the other binders, but after being on them for a year, I wanted to retest my heavy metals. And when we did retest them, that's when we saw they literally did not make my numbers fudge at all whatsoever. And so that's when we decided, okay, we need to, we need to go for the big guns.

SPEAKER_00 11:53

All right. So we'll pick it up now. So this is now we're talking like, you know, less than a year ago. You started on the Zio charge, and then what was what what dose did uh your practitioner recommend? Like what were your initial experiences? When did you take it? Just kind of give us some of the details on on that. And then did you experience any you know detox reactions, positive or negative?

SPEAKER_01 12:13

Yeah, so I started taking it. It was actually a little over a year ago that I started taking it, and I did not experience any Hertz reactions. I will say at that time I was still being exposed to a little bit of mold. We move into the new house, and then it turns out we had a mold situation in the new house. So I have been able to see how my body reacts, I have been able to see how my body reacts with zeo charge when I'm still being exposed to mold versus when I'm taking zoocharge without any mold exposure. And the difference that I have noticed is that when I take it while I'm still exposed to mold in the past, the only issue that I've had was constipation. And I am someone who mold hindered my ability to remain to mold hindered my ability to have proper hydration. It really messed with my antidiuretic hormone. So because I was someone who was chronically dehydrated while being exposed to mold, that's why I would run into that issue. But after getting away from the mold and knowing that I am no longer in mold, I don't have any issues with it at all. Even when I was still being exposed to mold taking the Zocharge, I never had any Herx reactions. And I have experienced dozens of really bad Herx reactions from other things that I never experienced from Zoocharge.

SPEAKER_00 13:46

Yeah. And what dose, uh, what dose were you taking at that point? Or or yeah, what did you start on?

SPEAKER_01 13:51

I was taking five scoops a day.

SPEAKER_00 13:53

Okay, so you went straight, your your practitioner said just go straight to five.

SPEAKER_01 13:57

Yep, and I was totally fine. I did not have any herx reactions.

SPEAKER_00 14:00

Yeah. And did you take that on an empty stomach or what time of day kind of tell us the routine?

SPEAKER_01 14:06

Yeah, I would take it on an empty stomach.

SPEAKER_00 14:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 14:09

I I try to eat breakfast. I try to eat breakfast within the first hour of waking up. I'm really not a breakfast person, but I know that I need to be, right? So so I don't take it in the morning. I typically have my breakfast and then after a couple hours, I will take it on an empty stomach. I love though that with taking Zocharge, I have peace of mind knowing that even if I do take it close to food, it's not binding up the good. It's only binding up the bad, which is something that I think is a problem with a lot of other binders.

SPEAKER_00 14:42

Yeah, yeah, for sure. All right, so five scoops, and you were just so you even with the constipation, did you did you have to go off of it or did you just kind of just keep taking it and things were just a little I just pushed through and I kept taking it.

SPEAKER_01 14:54

I wouldn't take it every day. So over the course of three months, I have before and after testing.

unknown 15:00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:00

Over the course of three months, and I went and I went through eight tubs.

unknown 15:05

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 15:05

So I was taking it probably about five days a week.

SPEAKER_00 15:10

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:11

And that's what I've continued to do. I can actually take it now every day, now that I'm no longer being exposed to mold. But even when I was still not realizing that I was breathing in mold every time I would shower in our bathroom, I was still able to push through as long as I maintained proper hydration, enough water, electrolytes, all the things.

SPEAKER_00 15:33

Yeah. Yeah. Perfect. All right. So you mentioned some testing. So yeah, what kind of so you mentioned first you did the testing after a year on some of the other stuff and there was nothing moving. And then nothing moving. And then you started on the Zo charge, and then did you do like the same round of testing, like the same tests?

SPEAKER_01 15:49

Yes, the exact same test.

SPEAKER_00 15:50

Okay. And how long? So when did you do these tests after like how long after you had been on Zocharge did you start these tests or run the second round?

SPEAKER_01 15:58

So I started, I I initially did an Allegoscan with my practitioner, and that is the test that I have done consistently over the course of time. I hesitate to do other heavy metal testing just because I know what my numbers look like with that level of testing, with that um form of testing, I should say. So when I had the before and afters done after taking Zocharge, it was after three months. But like I said, not taking it every day, just eight tubs over the course of those three months.

SPEAKER_00 16:33

Yeah. And then what happened, what did the results show? They're keeping everyone in suspense.

SPEAKER_01 16:38

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, no, the results were amazing. Um, I had I had a major, I actually did the math because I'm analytical and that's how my brain works. I had an 8% reduction rate in my aluminum levels, and those were my highest levels. Uh my cadmium, I I don't recall the math on that, but my cadmi cadmium was extremely decreased, which is crazy because if you think about three decades worth of heavy metals accumulating in your system, and then I was able to knock out a big chunk of them just over the course of three months without me even taking it every day. That was incredibly impressive to me. And then also, in addition to seeing the heavy metals reduced, the oligoscan, I don't know if you're familiar with that test, but it also shows your nutrient levels. So I saw my heavy metals go down, and then the same testing also showed my nutrient levels increased because I was incredibly depleted.

SPEAKER_00 17:39

Yeah.

unknown 17:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:41

Awesome. So that was exciting.

SPEAKER_01 17:43

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:45

So then, okay, so this was fairly recently then, like within the last year.

SPEAKER_01 17:51

So this was about a year ago. I have been itching to get another test done. I'm now in Florida and my practitioner is up in Georgia. And so I've actually been trying to find someone local to me to do the same testing. I know that I could do other heavy metal testing, but in full transparency, I don't I would prefer to stay with the same form of testing just to be able to show the consistency. But I have taken well over a dozen tubs of Zo charge since then. So I know that it's only been reduced so much more.

SPEAKER_00 18:29

Yeah, perfect. So okay, so now you're still doing you know, five to seven days per week on five, you're still doing the five scoops? Yes. Okay, five scoops. And then besides the the test results, and now you're not getting constipated from it. Did you notice anything else? Like are there any you said there's no negative detox reactions. Have you noticed any uh positive improvements, or is it kind of hard to tell because you're also out of the mold?

SPEAKER_01 18:53

Oh yeah, no, I've been able to tell a lot, even while I was still in mold, right? Because I was chronically ill. We found out that where we were living had mold in it, we moved down to Florida, and then we're here a little less than six months. I start taking the ZO charge, realize that once again I'm exposed to mold, again, still taking uh when I first started taking the ZO charge. So I have been able to see how my body has positive impacts, a reduction in my symptoms while exposed to mold, and also without being exposed to mold. So when I was still being exposed to mold, I did see a reduction in my histamine response. So I'm someone who gets very sniffly around mold. I can tell. I'm like a mold dog. But also, also, I I could tell a difference in I want to say I could tell a difference in my skin. That's something that I've struggled with for like really bad acne for years and years and years. And I feel like I can tell a difference when I take Zocharge in my skin and just overall inflammation. Now, after knowing that I'm no longer being exposed to mold and I'm still taking the zoo charge, once again, I can tell when I take it versus when I don't, a reduction in my histamine response. Like if I eat certain foods that maybe used to make me sensitive, I'm not sensitive to them anymore taking the Zoocharge. I also can tell a difference in my nervous system. So I lost a lot of weight. I lost a lot of muscle from being so sick, not being able to eat. And so getting back into the gym before I was reduced, before I was introduced to Zoocharge, my nervous system would be shot at the easiest workout. And now I'm seeing that taking it, doing resistance training, my nervous system is actually able to respond more appropriately. So I I want to say that, I mean, I don't know, you tell me, but would that be because of it essentially cleaning off those receptors that heavy metals are binding to? Is that what how that mechanism works?

SPEAKER_00 21:15

Yeah, it just depends. I mean, the nervous system, I mean, it's just stimulated in response to stress. And there's and what I my definition for stress or stressor is anything that makes the body work harder than normal to stay balanced. So I mean, of course, there's like emotional stressors, physical stress, the fist the you know, the stressors, the toxicants, and like the my obviously the mycotoxins, the heavy metals, even metabolic waste products like ammonia, these things that your body might not be able to clear properly, all those things are adding to the stress load. And if your if your body's kind of at max capacity and it's not able to handle them all, then there's kind of that tipping point, and then it's really stressing out your nervous system, and then you become sensitive to EMFs, Wi Fi, cell phone reactions, etcetera, because your nervous system's already on edge and it's just those things are stressing all of us out, it's just a lot of us don't notice it, right? So yeah, I think I think it's it's always hard to know exactly like the mechanism behind these things because like with zero charge, it's binding to so many things, like obviously you know, mold was an issue. Like you know that. And it does bind, you know, to mycotoxins, but there's so many other things that are in play when you have you know mold sensitivity and mold toxicity because the body is clogged up, like it's just not working properly. So like I always talk about ammonia because it's like ammonia is just a waste product we're all producing, right, after digestion. And if our if our detox pathways aren't working and you know, microtoxins are clogging things up or something else's, then we can get a buildup of ammonia. It can go you know into the bloodstream, it can even go to the brain, cause all sorts of issues. So just binding to that ammonia in the gut can be one of the most beneficial aspects of zoocharger thing, because that's a really strong bind to ammonia. And then when there's microbial imbalance, you know, excess, you know, various microbes that are kind of out of balance because of other issues, they're releasing ammonia, most of them, as waste products as well. So it it adds to the ammonia burden. So it's like just just so when you think of just binding to ammonia could be potentially one of the strongest aspects of geocharge. And it might even be more important to binding to the mycotoxins themselves. Because ammonia actually might be causing more stress than the mycotoxins. But either way, whatever it's binding to, it's it's relieving stress on the body, so then the body has more energy it can put towards the other things that it needs to deal with, right? Yeah. So that's why it's hard to know like what exactly is the nervous system uh regulation from. But I think it's it's a combination of a bunch of things. Um it would be nice, nice to know, but I think there's just so many things that it could be, because there's so many things in our bodies, and the testing, of course, is very limited with toxicity testing, because there's so many toxins that we don't like most of the toxicity in our body, we probably have never heard of this stuff. Yeah. Like these environmental toxicants and all these things, and there's probably not really great testing for them, if any testing for a lot of them yet. And but I think when you have high, heavy metals, generally it's it's a sign that you're probably gonna have high all the other toxic elements you've been exposed to over the years, too, because it's not like your body just stores one thing. It's like it's either detoxing efficiently or it's not. And when it's not, then especially with mold toxicity, generally your body's using so much energy dealing with that you know stressful environment that the body's not really in detox mode, it's kind of in survival mode. So then the body's tucking all the stuff away into tissue and it just gets stuck there for years. And then it, you know, once you get out of that environment and your body's in a better position, it goes back into detox mode and the stuff starts kind of you know leaving again. So it's kind of all or nothing, I think. That's why like specific like chelators and things going after like I need to just detox this one metal. It's like generally you want to detox everything, and the key to do that is to get your body to do the work for you. And that's why I like Zoocharge because it's binding to a lot of stuff, and it's I like to say it calms the storm in the body. That's what kind of a lot of people describe, but it has a calming effect, and with that, it just kind of can take the body out of flight or flight, and then the body opens up the cells, starts dumping toxicity, and now nutrients can get into the cells more efficiently because they're not on lockdown anymore, and then the body can just start detoxing. So it's like it's more of a detox accelerant opposed to like a forceful detox. That's the way I like to look at it.

SPEAKER_01 25:25

Yeah. And I I feel like that's exactly what I've experienced taking, is that it's not a forceful detox and it's aiding my body in having a calmer nervous system, like you said. And I love that you brought up EMF because that's something else that I really have struggled with. I tend to be someone, or at least used to be, someone who was incredibly sensitive to EMF. And as I've taken Zocharge more and more, that has decreased. Also, gut issues, too. I'm currently in the process of addressing some gut issues, and I can tell that when I take the Zocharge, it's helping with that.

SPEAKER_00 26:07

Yeah, that's amazing. Yeah, me too. I I used to be very sensitive to EMFs as well, and I'm I'm much, much better. Like I couldn't even really text or anything. It was just like, yeah, it's not good, but now it's it's better. Also, I'm in a much better environment, like I don't have Wi-Fi anymore. But yeah, I can go into those environments. Yeah, it's nice, but I'm I can I can still go into the environments. Like I was just, you know, out of town the last few days, um watching a Cubs game in Kansas City with my dad and brother, but we you know, the hotel room, and it's like it's just my brother's apartment complex, just just what you know, cell phone towers everywhere. Just like it was I could I could feel like my nervous system getting tense, but it was like more tolerable than it would have been in the past, where it's just like not gonna happen at all. So it's yeah, it it is nice. It's it's just one of things affect one thing affects everything else. Absolutely. Yeah, once you start, you know, getting the body to a better place, it can just handle stuff better.

SPEAKER_01 27:00

So yeah, yeah, yeah. And I think it's a really good tool for people who are at that place where they're so chronically ill, they feel like they struggle with their detox pathways, right? Like for me, I struggled to get my lymph going because I could barely take a walk around the block without feeling like I was gonna pass out, let alone really get my really get my blood pumping, right? So I feel like that's a really good way for people to help them get through those really difficult times if they're so chronically ill that they can't even really just support the baseline things that we all need to be doing just to support baseline detoxification.

SPEAKER_00 27:48

Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. All right. So let's talk about what are some other you know tips or tidbits for for the listeners that might be helpful, like in your journey, because your charge was super helpful. Like, what else did you find that was really helpful that people might want to consider looking into if they're dealing with the the situation that you were in, like in a moldy environment?

SPEAKER_01 28:08

I think first and foremost, being aware if you are in a moldy environment, and I know that sounds a little elementary, but I think that there are a lot of people, and I say this because this is how I was I was suspicious of mold toxicity, but I put off testing, and I really think that that is where a lot of people unfortunately, their illness ends up being longer than it needs to be, right? When I found out that I was positive for mycotoxins, my antibodies came back, I totally balled my eyes out. I was very emotional, I was very upset, you know, seeing this testing, this chart literally showing how many toxins I had ruining my health, right? It was it was very emotional, and I think that's why I put it off because it's easier to just think positive and ignore it. But the reality is that if I would have tested earlier, I would have saved myself a lot of a lot of time in misery. So I really think people testing, and whether that's testing yourself, like doing a blood serum test. I did my micolab. It's a blood serum test opposed to urine. Everyone has their their opinion on that. I personally feel more confident seeing what's in my body, not what's coming out of my body. That's just my own personal opinion. But I think not hesitating to test and not assuming that just because you don't see mold in your environment, don't assume that you are in the clear because mold is sneaky. And I know that scares a lot of people. And I think a lot of people hear that and they they you know they run away from the conversation because it's intimidating and it is scary. But if it's affecting your health, if you have major fatigue, if you have cognitive decline, you know, if you have neurological issues, all these issues, mold does not just affect your upper respiratory system. If you go on Google, they're going to tell you chest pains, shortness of breath. I never experienced that. There is only one instance that I ever experienced chest pains and shortness of breath. One instance, and it lasted five minutes, and it was when I went back to the house where I originally got sick. But for 12 years, besides that one instance, I never had those symptoms. And I never even really had upper respiratory issues, sinus issues. I I in the later years I started experiencing like I would feel sniffly. And now I can tell if I walk into a place with mold, I will get sniffly. But that's not something that I experienced for years and years prior to figuring out that it was mold. So I really think the biggest thing is to not assume and to test, whether you're testing your blood or you're testing your environment, either way. And when it comes to testing your environment, not just having some mold remediation guy off of Google come out and do an air test, which are notorious for false negatives, unfortunately. So that would be the biggest piece of advice I could give is to not assume and go ahead and test. Even if it gives you the result that yes, you're being exposed to mold, it is better to know that so that then you can go about addressing it properly.

SPEAKER_00 31:48

Yeah. Yeah. Okay, that's good. That's good information. I know people are always wondering like, how do what do they do what tests do they do? And like, do they do the urine excretion mycotoxin test or you know the antibody? So your your your uh preference is the MyMycollab, which is looking at the antibody response to mycotoxins, which basically means if there are micro basically means shows if your body is amounting an immune response against mycotoxins, which would indicate that they're present.

SPEAKER_01 32:14

Correct. And I'm not I'm not a professional. That's just my honest opinion. That gave me a lot more peace of mind compared to testing what's coming out of my body, especially knowing that I have really over those 12 years, I really struggled to detox. My body was not in a parasympathetic state. My body was in fight or flight for over a decade. So I wasn't confident in what my body was getting out.

SPEAKER_00 32:44

Yeah, yeah. Okay, no, those are those are some good tips. So let's see. I think we covered most. Is there anything that I missed that you want to talk about?

SPEAKER_01 32:52

I don't think so.

SPEAKER_00 32:53

I think we I think we got some good information in there. Is there, um, let's say, let's just make up a question on the spot here. Is there is there any like general health advice or you know, it doesn't even have to be health advice. Is there any wisdom you want to impart on any topic? Maybe a favorite quote, maybe like a favorite routine, um anything that might be helpful or something you'd like to share with people?

SPEAKER_01 33:19

Yeah, I I think that when it comes to health-related issues, God designed our body to function a certain way.

unknown 33:30

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 33:32

And he did so perfectly. If you look at physiology, it's amazing the way that our body is designed so intricately. And I see so many people struggling with health issues of all kinds, and I think that as a society, we have gotten so far away from the basic design of how our bodies are designed to function, right? So, really living in alignment with the way that our body is designed to function, moving, right? Not just, you know, we're here on Zoom right now, but not sitting and looking at a computer all day, getting up and moving your body, avoiding these toxic substances that have infiltrated our society on such a massive scale. That's easier said than done, right? Because it seems to be everywhere. The toxins are sprayed on our food, right? It's in the personal care products that we use. It's in a building, you know, you're breathing in mold and you don't even realize it for years. I don't think that we can expect to be healthy individuals if we're not living in a in alignment with the way our body is designed to function. And so, to anyone listening, if you are facing any health issues of any kind, I want to encourage you to get curious to learn about physiology. Learn the way that your body is designed to function. Because we can try to mask symptoms and take a pill and a quick fix for that. But if we're not getting to the root cause, then we're not really helping ourselves. And when we are in an environment, not just living in a clean house that doesn't have mold, but when we are creating an environment for our bodies with proper nutrition, proper hydration, avoiding the toxins, getting enough nutrients. I think a lot of people eat food, but they're not eating enough real food, and therefore they're not getting enough nutrients, right? When we do these things, that is when we give our bodies the opportunity to heal the way that they know to heal, but they need what they need in order to heal.

SPEAKER_00 35:58

Yeah. No, it's great. I love that answer. I think it's fantastic. Like you said, we're just getting so far away from how God designed our bodies to to thrive. I'm I I say this all the time. I'm shocked. Like it always amazes me that we're even alive. Like with like with, I mean, maybe not as specifically, but like some people, like how they treat their bodies, like literally only drinking Mountain Dew and not drinking water. Yeah. Like how these people are even alive, it's like just a testament to God's design of the body. Like it's kind of amazing, and you know, how the and the body does, you know, start adapting to these toxicities and stuff, but it's like, yeah, we we can be so much healthier and uh yeah, you know, if we if we do things more as God designed it to be done. So yeah, that's a great answer. Love it. So all right, lastly, if anyone wants to kind of follow you on your journey, you have an Instagram page. What is uh what's the page? Where can people kind of follow your your journey?

SPEAKER_01 36:51

Yes, I am on Instagram at it's Ashley Boone. So it's at I T S A S H L E I G H B O O N E.

SPEAKER_00 37:01

Perfect. All right, and I will put that in the show notes so people can copy and paste that or click it or whatever, depending on their podcast app. And uh you can check that out. So this was fantastic, Ashley. I really appreciate the time today. So happy to to hear that uh, you know, you've you've made so much progress on your journey. It's been yeah, 13 years. That's quite the journey. Sorry, you had to go through all that um hardship, but I'm so happy to hear that you're in a better, better place now and um and uh happy to have you on and provide some of this education to help other people. So thank you so much.

SPEAKER_01 37:30

Thanks so much for having me.