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without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Hey everyone. Today, let's discuss

die-off and what you can do about it. Really, in my mind, the most important thing regarding

die-off is to correctly distinguish between a true die-off

reaction and an intolerance reaction.

And as someone who's had the pleasure of both, I feel I have a pretty good handle on this.

And it's also something that as we in the clinic have been better able to equip the people we work with with sort of the rules

to distinguish true die-off from intolerance. It certainly seems to expedite how quickly

we get people to the appropriate therapies and don't subject them to fiddling around with pushing through unpleasant side-effect symptoms

or sort of this polypharmacy where you're adding all sorts of other agents to try to manage

what might be an intolerance reaction incorrectly.

So getting this right can really reduce undue suffering and side effects.

So let's detail what I feel is the best way to navigate die-off.

Okay, you've likely heard that in a die-off or a herksomer reaction coined by a couple clinicians

many, many years ago,

treating things like syphilis, actually,

that you can experience a accumulation of toxins.

So when you're using something like an antimicrobial herb or the antibiotic,

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