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Episode #147: Awais Spall: Functional Ayurveda, Peptides, and Microbiome Optimization

Release Date: 04/11/2023

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Did you know that the health of your microbiome affects your mental health, metabolism, and immune system? There's really no part of your body that's not affected by your microbiome health.

I’m joined by Awais Spall, certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner. We’re discussing how he combines Ayurveda, Functional Medicine, and peptides to create a protocol that helps optimize the health of the microbiome. If you’re new to the system of Ayurveda, you’ll want to tune in as we deep dive into the definition of Ayurveda and the three doshas it consists of.

Awais Spall FDN-P is a Functional Medicine practitioner based out of Santa Monica, CA. Prior to becoming a health practitioner, Awais worked as a formulation chemist for various cannabis companies. As a product formulator, Awais combined his knowledge of formulation chemistry with his background in Ayurvedic Herbalism. Awais has inherited much of his knowledge around Ayurveda from his grandfather, who was a renowned herbalist in Pakistan.

In his practice at Integrative Oasis, Awais combines the cutting edge science of Functional Medicine with Ayurveda to address various gut health issues.

What we discuss:

00:01:01 - What brought Awais to combine Ayurveda, Functional Medicine, and peptides

00:03:44 - The definition of Ayurveda

00:05:35 - The three elements of Ayurveda

00:09:51 - Microbiome medicine

00:13:48 - The microbiome and probiotics

00:18:22 - How nutrition is part of the microbiome

00:25:56 - Tests for helping people with their microbiome medicine

00:32:16 - What would a microbiome medicine protocol look like?

00:37:02 - The different forms lymphatic drainage

00:43:52 - How peptides fit into Integrative Oasis

00:52:07 - How people could be using peptides wrong

00:57:34 - The art of microbiome medicine

Key Takeaways:

The word Ayurveda is a conjugation of two words: 'ayus', meaning 'life' and 'veda', meaning 'science'. Ayurveda is defined as the science of how to live your life, and your mind, body, and spirit play a role in Ayurveda.
The three doshas of Ayurveda are vata, kapha, and pitta. It is possible to be a combination of two or even all three of these doshas, and there are tests to determine which one a person is.
Part of optimizing your microbiome health is reconditioning the gut by strategically weeding things out, and then taking probiotics appropriately.

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