Root Cause Revolution Podcast
Stop chasing symptoms, discover your root causes, and heal your body from autoimmune disease and chronic illness. Find your podcast player here: https://rootcauserevolutionpodcast.buzzsprout.com This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not meant to diagnose, treat, cure, or prescribe. It does not replace care with your medical doctor. Ultimately, you are responsible for your health and wellness. Use the information here as a jumping off point to do your own research on topics that resonate with you.Â
E: 362 5 Signs Your Immune System Is Overloaded
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5 Signs Your Immune System Is Overloaded and What to Do About It
Before you buy another immune supplement, what are you asking it to do?
Vitamin C, zinc, and elderberry can have a purpose. But if youâre frequently getting sick, struggling with digestive problems, or never quite recovering your energy, itâs worth looking at what keeps demanding more from your body and what support is missing.
In this episode, Audrey McLaughlin, Functional Heal...
E:361 Why You're Doing Everything Right and Still Don't Feel Good
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In this episode, weâre looking at how a well-intentioned health routine can become disconnected from what your body actually needs. Daily fasting, extra cardio, and another supplement can all become habits you keep repeating without stopping to ask: Is this helping me?
Weâll also talk about the basics that can get overlooked while youâre busy researching your next protocol: sleep, stress, adequate nourishment, hydration, and recovery.
And if youâve already addressed those foundations and stil...
E: 360 The Hidden Reasons Your Body Isn't Detoxing
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Before you start another cleanse, let's talk about whether you're pooping, eating enough, and giving your body a chance to recover.
Those details matter. A protocol can add more restrictions and more supplements while leaving the reasons you feel lousy completely unaddressed.
In this episode, I'm walking you through three areas I look at first: drainage, ongoing inputs, and cellular energy. We'll use my Marble Run analogy to explore elimination priorities, look at nutrition, environment, and lifestyle, and get...
E: 359 7 Signs Your Body Is More Inflamed Than You Think
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You know inflammation matters. You may even suspect youâre inflamed. But do you know why your body keeps creating that response?
In this episode, Audrey walks through seven clues that may show up alongside persistent inflammation, including swelling and puffiness, scale fluctuations, body pain, skin issues, low vitamin D despite sun exposure, poor recovery, brain fog, and increased reactivity.
Then we go deeper into one particularly interesting pattern: low vitamin D despite plenty of appropriate sun exposure. Youâll l...
E: 358 Why You Are Tired Even After Sleeping
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You went to be on time. Maybe you were even "out" for 8 hours. So why don't you feel rested?Â
In this episode, Audrey explains what happens during normal sleep cycles, why sedation is not synonymous with restorative sleep, and how medications, supplements, alcohol, light exposure, caffeine, food, stress, and metabolic health may influence how you feel the following morning.
You will learn:
E: 357 My Favorite Nervous System Reset: Diaphragmatic Breathing for Stress
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What if your most accessible nervous-system reset required no equipment, app, supplement, or complicated routine?
In this episode of the Root Cause Revolution podcast, Iâm teaching my favorite place to begin: diaphragmatic breathing. This simple breathing technique can help interrupt the immediate stress response and influence autonomic regulation, heart-rate variability, and how your body responds in the moment.
Weâll move beyond the vague instruction to âtake a deep breathâ and practice breathing in a way that encourages the abdo...
E: 356 Stress Is Stealing Your Minerals
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There is a particular kind of frustration that happens when you are doing most things right, but your body still seems less resilient than it used to be.
You are eating intentionally. You are exercising. You are taking magnesium. You are getting outside. Maybe your sleep is even improving.
And yet, you are slower to recover from workouts. Your brain feels tired. Your shoulders stay tense. You are waking up at odd hours, reaching for more caffeine, or feeling...
E: 355 Gallbladder Problems
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Gallbladder problems are about much more than gallstones. In this episode of the Root Cause Revolution Podcast, Audrey Christie explains what the gallbladder actually does, why bile matters for digestion and elimination, and why digestive symptoms can continue even after gallbladder removal.
Youâll learn how the liver produces bile, how the gallbladder stores and concentrates it, and why bile is important for fat digestion, absorption of vitamins A, D, E and K, intestinal function, hormone metabolite elimination, and me...
E: 353 5 Signs Your Digestion Needs Help
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Digestive problems do not always look like severe stomach pain. In this episode of the Root Cause Revolution Podcast, Audrey Christie breaks down five common signs that digestion may need support: bloating, reflux, abnormal stool patterns, increasing food intolerances, and hormonal symptoms.
Youâll learn why persistent bloating may reflect problems with digestion, fermentation or motility, why reflux is not simply a âtoo much stomach acidâ problem, what your bowel movements can reveal about digestion and elimination, and why an eve...
E: 352 Stomach Acid 2026 Update
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Today we're revisiting one of the most requested topics on this show: stomach acid. If you've been listening for a while, you know I did a deep dive on heartburn and PPIs a while back. Today is the 2026 update. What's changed, what's gotten clearer, and what I want you to know if you're still dealing with reflux, indigestion, or you're still on an acid-suppressing medication.
Let's bust the myth right out of the gate again, because it's still the most common...
E: 351 Routines That Ground You in Chaos
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Your routine shouldn't only work when life is calm. Learn the 4 non-negotiables that keep you grounded through chaos, moves, and disrupted schedules.
Waiting for life to settle down before you restart your routine? It never actually settles down; it just changes shape. In this episode, Audrey breaks down the difference between a rigid schedule and a routine that actually survives real life, including the minimum version of morning light, movement, grounding, and gratitude that kept her connected to herself during a...
E: 350 The 5 Root Causes Behind Nearly Every Chronic Health Problem (And Where to Start)
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Today's episode is one that I've been meaning to do for a long time, and it might be one of the most important episodes I've recorded. We're talking about the five root causes behind nearly every chronic health problem I see in my practice.
Here's the thing that keeps coming up over and over in my practice. I will see 15 women in a single week. Pick any random 3: One has high blood pressure. One has PCOS. One has arthritis. Three completely...
E: 349 Summer Is When Next Winter's Vitamin D Is Built
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What are you doing right now to prepare for January? What would you say? Most of you would tell me about your supplement cabinet. Maybe a vitamin D capsule you remember to take some days and forget on others. Here's the thing. The vitamin D you'll actually have in your body in January was mostly made in June, July, and August. Not from a bottle. From the sun. And if you're not using this window right now, you are already behind before winter...
E: 348 Why Every Weight-Loss Conversation Should Start With Muscle
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Today we are talking about muscle. And before you click away thinking this is a fitness episode, I want you to stay with me, because what I'm about to tell you reframes everything you've been told about weight loss, metabolism, and what it actually means to be healthy as a woman.
This is one of those episodes I've been wanting to do for a while, because I see the consequences of getting this wrong every single week in my practice. So...
E: 347 PCOS Is Not a Hormone Problem â Here's What the Research Actually Says
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If your PCOS protocol isn't working, this episode is for you. Dr. Audrey breaks down the metabolic mechanism behind PCOS â what's actually happening in your body before the hormones ever go haywire â and why treating it as a hormone condition first is why so many women stay stuck. This is the science episode. Pull up a chair.
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E:346 What Actually Changes Outcomes (And What Doesn't)
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Here is something I have observed after more than 20 years working in health and wellness. When people are not getting the results they want they almost always assume the answer is more complexity. A different protocol. A more advanced test. A newer supplement. A better biohack.
And I understand that impulse completely. I lived it. When something is not working the brain wants to solve it by adding something. By finding the missing piece that must be out there somewhere more...
E: 345 Why Hormone Solutions Don't Hold for Some People
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Today, we are going into something I see play out in my practice every single week. And I have been wanting to do this episode for a while because I think it needs to be said clearly and without a lot of hedging.
We are talking about why hormone solutions don't work for some people.
And before I go any further, I want to set the record straight on what this episode is and is not. This is not...
E: 344 What Your Thyroid Labs Are Actually Reflecting
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Your thyroid labs came back "normal." So why do you still feel terrible?
If you have been exhausted, foggy, and frustrated despite doing everything your doctor told you to do â including taking your thyroid medication â this episode is for you.
This week, we are breaking down why the thyroid is rarely the root cause of thyroid symptoms, what your labs are actually reflecting, and the upstream drivers that conventional medicine almost never checks. She also shares the story of a cl...
E: 343 The Real Reason Your Health Protocol Isn't Working
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You're doing everything right. Clean diet, supplements, movement, stress management. And still â nothing is changing.
In this episode, we're breaking down why effort alone isn't the answer, and why most women who feel stuck are not failing â they're solving the wrong piece entirely.
We get into why your labs can say "normal" and still be missing the full metabolic picture, which early markers to look at right now, and why environment and timing matter more than most people realize.
E: 342 Menopause Didnât Break Your Metabolism â What Actually Changed
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Thereâs a new study circulating that says menopause doesnât impact metabolism.
And on the surface⌠that sounds reassuring.
But if youâre in your 40s or 50s and feel like:
 nothing changed, but everything changed  youâre doing the same things, but getting different results  your labs are ânormal,â but you donât feel normalÂđ this episode is for you
Because hereâs the truth:
The study didnât say metabolism doesnât change. It showed tha...
E: 341 The 3 Hidden Patterns Behind Fatigue, Weight Gain, and âNormalâ Labs
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If you feel like youâre doing everything right⌠but nothing is working â this episode is for you.
âIâve tried everything.â
 âMy labs are normal.â
 âMy doctor says Iâm fine.â
 âI still feel awful.â
These are the exact phrases I hear every single day.
And what I want you to understand is this:
đ Your symptoms are not random.
 đ They follow patterns.
In this episode, I walk you through the three most common met...
E: 340 Why Meal Timing, Light, and Sleep Matter More Than Diet for Metabolic Health
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We didnât change her diet⌠and everything changed.
In just over 30 days, her C-reactive protein (CRP) dropped from 36.6 to 0.8 â a 97% reduction in inflammation â without changing her calories, macros, or food quality.
So what actually changed?
In this episode, I break down the real drivers of metabolic health that most people overlook:
 how meal timing impacts insulin sensitivity  why light exposure controls cortisol, inflammation, and energy  the role of sleep in regulating metabolism and immune function  how circadian r...Why Your Labs Look Normal (But Your Metabolism Isnât)
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A 46-year-old woman was given 30 days to get better or her doctor wanted her on a statin.
CRP: 36.6Cholesterol: 288ApoB elevated to 180sThirty days later?
CRP dropped to 0.8. Thatâs a 97% reduction in inflammation.Cholesterol down 10%ApoB down 30%The shocker:
We didnât change what she ate.We didnât cut calories.We didnât overhaul her diet.We changed when her body experienced food. Her doctor was floored.
Here's the question: Are we m...
E: 338 High Cholesterol Runs in My Family: Genetics vs Lifestyle (What Actually Matters)
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If high cholesterol âruns in your familyââŚdoes that mean youâre stuck with it? or that you can't do anything to help?
Not exactly.
In this episode, weâre breaking down the truth about genetic cholesterol, including conditions like Familial Hypercholesterolemiaâand why genetics are only one piece of the puzzle.
Inside this episode, we cover:
 Why genetics donât guarantee outcomes  The role of Epigenetics in cholesterol expression  Why LDL alone is a poor predictor of...E:337 Your Metabolic Scorecard
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Identify metabolic stress and insulin resistance early and support the body before disease develops. Most lab reports only tell you whether something is ânormalâ or âabnormal.â Your physician looking for âwhat is acutely wrong?â
But metabolism does not suddenly become unhealthy the day a lab crosses a reference range.
In reality, metabolic dysfunction develops slowly over time, often for years before disease appears.
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Psoriasis: If it was a skin disease, dermatology would be curing it
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If psoriasis were a skin disease⌠dermatologists would be curing it.
But they arenât. Theyâre managing it.
Using steroids to suppress it, biologics to quiet it, creams to soften the skin, light therapy to reduce the lesions.
But the results don't last, because psoriasis is not a skin disorder. Psoriasis is a metabolic and immune regulation disorder that your body is expressing through the skin.
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E: 335 Why Doing More Is Making You Worse
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Almost every single week.
Someone comes to me and says:âIâm doing everything rightâŚI eat clean. I take my supplements. Iâve done the testing. And I feel worse than I did before.â
And usually thereâs confusion, shame, fear in their voice.
But they aren't lazy, they are trying hard, and its not working. So what went wrong?
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E: 334 Why Normal Labs Don't Measure Health
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If youâve ever been told âyour labs are normalâ â but you still feel exhausted, inflamed, anxious, or stuck â this episode is for you. Because ânormalâ is a statistical average⌠not a measure of health. Let's dive into what that means for you today.
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E: 333 Why Testing and Supplementing isn't the First Step (and when it becomes predatory)
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Functional lab testing can be helpful âbut testing before foundations are in place is not precision medicine. And it often exploits fear, validates suffering without resolving it, and leads people into supplement dependency instead of actual healing and biological repair.
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<...E: 332 Why Supplements Stop Working
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Do you take a bunch of supplements every day? Do you wonder if they are working? Or maybe they stopped and now you wonder why? Tune in to day for the top reasons supplements aren't working for you and what to do about it.Â
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E: 331 How trauma locks metabolism in survival mode
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Pssst trauma isn't always a big dramatic event, for some it is slow burn unresolved "non-dramatic" trauma like chronic rushing, perfectionism, people pleasing, financial stress and it leads to the same place --> a metabolism that won't budge. Not just for weight loss but for all healing.Â
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E: 330 Lab patterns that scream inflammation
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Is your body screaming at you or worse giving up on you? But your labs are normal? Today we are talking through conventional labs and functional labs like HTMA patterns that scream inflammation and even point us to where to look to put out the fire.
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E: 329 Insulin Resistance: Sugar problem or signal problem?
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Is metabolic macro math driving you crazy? Are you doing everything right and still aren't getting better? Today for Metabolic Reset Monday, we are talking about insulin resistance and how it keeps your insulin elevated, your pants too tight, your brain foggy, and your body starving.
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E: 328 Future Proof Friday: Muscle is An Anti-Aging Tool
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Many women I talk to are chronic cardio queens. And that can be really good, getting some Zone 2 is beneficial. But I want to convince you today that where the real benefit is for aging, for your hormones, for future proofing your body, won't be found in a spin class or an Orange Theory Class. It is found lifting heavy things.
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E: 327 Therapeutic Thursday: The B12 Shot Trap
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This week's topic for Therapeutic Thursday comes from a question on socials - she asked "why has my naturopath been giving me B12 if its not truly helping me?"
So, if you have been in that situation or if you take B12 shots (or sublingual) regularly and they make you feel amazing, I want you to listen to this epsiode to understand why your body feels better with the influx of B12, why it may crash without it, and what is...
E: 326 Energy Medicine Wednesday: Healing doesnât start in the tissue â it starts in the field
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Welcome to Energy Medicine Wednesday. Today we are talking about where true healing and dis-ease starts, before labs shift and before symptoms appear or disappear. And that is in the energetic field.
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E: 325 Toxicity Tuesday: Your detox pathways are clogged, not broken
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Are you ultra sensitive to everything?Â
foods? Maybe you had a food sensitivity test that showed everything was out.supplements?medication?other things in the environment?Today in Toxicity Tuesday we are looking at why that happens. Join me to learn about detoxing - when it is done wrong and how to do it safely.Â
We are talking about:
the liverdrainage pathwayswhat I see in clientshow detox backfireshow to safely detox (and know what kind to do)Su...
E: 324 Metabolic Reset Monday: Why Fat Loss Stalls Even When Calories Are Perfect
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Metabolic Reset Monday - Welcome to season 10. This season is not about hacks, not about trying harder, not about white-knuckling your way through another protocol.
This season is about something most of us were never taught:
Your body is not failing you. It is protecting you.
So if you have done everything right, you have tracked your macros, cut carbs, lifted weights, walked your 10,000 steps, watched everyone else enjoy dessert, survived on coffee and cuss...
E: 323 Which diet actually reduces Inflammation, Supports Recovery, and Helps You Lean Out?
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Which diet actually reduces Inflammation, Supports Recovery, and Helps You Lean Out?
If youâve ever thought,
 âI eat clean, I train hard, I sleep⌠so why am I still inflamed, sore, puffy, or stuck with weight that wonât budge?â
This episode is for you.
Today I want to talk about something that gets very polarized online:
Keto vs Carnivore vs Paleo vs Animal-Based eating.
Tune in to find out all the det...
E:322 Brain Health
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If you feel like you are lacking:
Mental ClarityFocusSound SleepStress ResilienceHealthy MetabolismGood DigestionHormone BalanceThen, Brain Health may be the target for you to get started. In this epsiode we are talking about 3 actionable levers to pull to move the needle on brain health. No biohacking needed.
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Sleep episodes: Â
Episodes 300, 301, 315
Studies mentioned:Â
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(24)00110-8/fulltext#%20
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.ni...
