134: What If Your Allergies Are Actually Your Body's SOS Signal?

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If you've been experiencing foggy mornings, itchy eyes, brain fog, and mood swings, your allergies might actually signal deeper health issues related to gut dysfunction, toxic overload, and nervous system dysregulation. These symptoms aren't just inconvenient—they're stealing your energy, focus, and personal power.

• Personal story of debilitating allergy symptoms that progressively worsened over years
• The revelation that allergies are often not a pollen problem but a gut problem
• Understanding how gut dysfunction, toxic overload, and mineral imbalances create chronic inflammation
• How the immune system and nervous system communication breaks down, triggering inflammatory responses
• Introduction to the Vita-Min Tox Test Kit combining Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis and Organic Acids Test
• Explanation of how these tests uncover the root causes of allergy-like symptoms
• Healing is 100% possible when addressing the underlying imbalances

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey there, friend, welcome back to Breaking
Boundaries for Entrepreneurs,the podcast for purpose-driven
and conscious creators who areshowing up to live, to lead and
to love from a higher level.
I'm your host and personalintegrative health practitioner,
jeffrey Mort, and today we aretalking about allergies, but not

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in the way that you mightexpect, because if you've been
waking up foggy, draggingthrough your day with itchy eyes
, brain fog or mood swings thatseem to come out of nowhere, I
want to suggest something.
It might not just be allergies,it might not be all in your
head either.
In fact, it might be the key tounlocking your next level of

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vitality, of sleep and ofcreative power.
Stay tuned, hello.
I'm Jeffrey Mort.
If you're like mostentrepreneurs, you're busy
taking care of business, yetwho's taking care of you?
If you're ready to take yourenergy and performance to the
next level in your life and yourbusiness, then this podcast is
for you, because today you'regoing to start breaking

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boundaries of your mind, bodyand business with integrative
health, and when you do that,your possibilities are limitless
.
I'm grateful you're here.
Yes, always grateful for youjoining me here today on the
Breaking Boundaries forEntrepreneurs podcast.
I appreciate you.
And so today we're talking aboutallergies, I want to take you

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back a little bit and share someof my personal story in a
wake-up call my allergy wake-upcall, as you could call it.
So, quite a few years ago,during the gorgeous spring
season like the one we're goingthrough here in central New
England, I know in the Souththings have been in bloom for
weeks, maybe even a month now,in the Southern US and, of

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course, in the SouthernHemisphere they're going into
wintertime.
But here in the NorthernHemisphere we're going into
springtime and back when thebuds were blooming and the grass
was growing, I should have beenfeeling alive.
I should have been feelingenergized, but I wasn't.
I was completely exhausted.
I mean, when I say debilitatingallergies, I was debilitated, I

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was exhausted, my sleep wasshot, my mood, let's just say I
wasn't so much fun to be around.
My energy dipped so low that Ifound myself just not.
Honestly I'm going to becompletely candid here I thought
to myself if this is what lifeis going to be like, you know,
is it?
Is it even worth living?

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I mean, honestly, that thoughthad crossed my mind because, you
know, the allergies weren'tjust in the springtime for me
back then.
I'm talking about like 2013, 12, 13.
Um, but it probably went on fora decade and it progressively
got worse.
I mean, at first, you know, I Ihad always had allergies to
dogs and cats, and then seasonalallergies, but that seasonal

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allergy started to creep.
But that seasonal allergystarted to creep, so, instead of
just being from like April toMay or June, then it started
being like March to July, andthen February through August,
and then, before I knew it, Iwas like that all year round and
I blamed it on, you know.

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Oh, it must be the pollenthat's in the air right now.
Oh, it must be the dust in thewintertime, that, because the
house is all closed up, oh, itmust be the dry air.
My energy dipped so low that Ijust, I was so miserable and I
couldn't.
I couldn't breathe through mynose whatsoever, which, you know
, made eating a challenge.

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I challenge you to put aclothespin on your nose and try
eating dinner tonight.
You're going to be miserableand you're going to be gasping
for air, and I felt like I wassuffocating.
And then, of course, at night,the same thing I would I would
sleep with my mouth open, whichis not healthy whatsoever, but I
couldn't breathe through mynose and this was affecting my
sleep.
It was affecting my cognitivebehavior.

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I had nasal pressure, like youwouldn't believe, which went
into my eyeballs, which blurredmy vision.
My eyes were watering so Icouldn't see.
My ears were plugged, Icouldn't hear very well.
I was constantly saying likewhat, what, what?
And yeah, I was miserable.
I was out of breath all thetime.
I had asthma and I would blamethat on you know allergies as

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well and you know, to top it alloff, I just kept telling myself
that it's just allergies and tosuck it up, you know.
If any of this sounds familiar,I want to share the truth.
That changed everything for me.
You know, it wasn't a pollenproblem, it was a gut problem.
You know, had I only known thenwhat I know now.
However, I was at that point inmy journey, my wellness journey

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, and that's where I was then,that's where I am now.
So it wasn't a pollen problem,I said.
It was a gut problem, adetoxification problem and a
nervous system problem, and itwas stealing my joy.
Honestly, it was stealing mymomentum, it was stealing my

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personal power, it was stealingwho I was, and I never want to
be there again, and I know Idon't have to be there, and
neither do you, so let's breakthis down.
So most people think ofallergies as a surface level
nuisance some sneezing, a stuffynose, maybe a little fatigue.
But beneath the surface there'soften chronic, low-grade

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inflammation which is driven bya few things here and we'll go
through them Driven by gutdysfunction, also known as leaky
gut.
Well, actually, you know youcan call those two separate
things.
Gut dysfunction, right.
Imbalance of bacteria in thegut.
You know we have healthybacteria that serves a purpose
and then if that becomesovergrown, or if we get

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unbeneficial bacteria in the gutthat becomes overgrown, that
can be one problem.
And then intestinalpermeability, which is known as
leaky gut, can actually compoundthat problem, and one usually
leads to the other.
Toxic overload can be anotherproblem.
So think mold, think heavymetals, think pesticides and so

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much more environmental toxinsas well.
Next is mineral imbalances andneurotransmitter depletion.
These actually play a role inyour ability to function
properly and to not haveallergies.
So mineral imbalances certainlydeficiencies, neurotransmitter
depletion, and then, of course,nervous system dysregulation

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from the prolonged stress,whether it's prolonged stress
from the gut issues that's goingon or that external stressor as
I always talk about kids,career cashflow, those external
stressors.
But then there's the internalstressors of the heavy metals,
the gut dysbiosis, thepesticides and environmental

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toxicities and deficiencies.
Those all cause elevatedcortisol, which is stress on the
body, which then depletes ordysregulates the nervous system.
So here's the science in simpleterms.
Your immune system and nervoussystem are constantly
communicating with each other,and when your gut barrier breaks

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down, the particles in the gutleak into the bloodstream,
triggering an inflammatoryresponse.
That's the process that happens, basically in a condensed
version.
Then that inflammation fires uphistamines Most of you have
heard of histamines before andthen that disrupts things like

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sleep, things like energy andcognitive clarity especially.
And then, before you know it,you're foggy, you're reactive,
you're not a joy to be around,you're anxious, you're waking up
more tired than when you wentto bed, and the worst part is
that a lot of people normalizethis and you just think to
yourself oh, I'm just gettingolder, or it must be this new

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state that I moved to, or I mustjust need more coffee.
But this isn't aging, it'simbalance, and imbalance can be
corrected.
So if this resonates, here'sthe good news you don't have to
play the guessing game.
We use what I call or what'scalled in our practice over at

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Levin and G Wellness, thevitamin tox test lab kit.
This is a lab panel.
It's a powerful combination oftwo at-home functional health
tests.
So the first one is called theminerals and metals test.
This is nothing new, it's beenaround for decades the hair
tissue mineral analysis.

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It's used to uncover mineraldeficiencies and toxic heavy
metals major factors in immunefunction and response.
And it's done with a simplehair sample.
You know, just a small like atable, not even a tablespoon.
A teaspoon of hair goes in anenvelope, already comes with a
stamp on it that gets mailed tothe laboratory.
They burn it, they analyze thecarbon.
It gives a full report onmineral imbalances, ratios and

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heavy metal toxicity Absolutelyamazing.
And then the second lab in thatvitamin tox test kit is known as
the Candida Metabolic andVitamins Panel, which is an
industry standard, known as theOrganic Acids Test.
And this helps to reveal gutissues such as candida,
neurotransmitter imbalances,yeast and fungal and bacterial

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overgrowth and so much morewhich can indicate signs of
leaky gut.
And this is done with a simpleurine sample, done right at home
, again comes with a prepaidovernight envelope.
You actually freeze the sample,put it in the envelope with the
cold pack that it comes withgoes to the laboratory.
They analyze it, they give thethe health coach, such as myself

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the data and then we caninterpret those two lab tests
with the client and togetherthey show us exactly what your
body needs to reduce theinflammation Okay, to heal and
seal the gut, to restore yourenergy and focus and to help you
sleep like a kid after a day atthe beach.

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And the truth is, if you'refeeling run down, if you're
feeling irritable or like you'relosing your edge, I want you to
know your body's not broken,you're not lazy and you're
certainly not crazy.
You've just never been giventhe full picture or the right
tools.
Healing is 100% possible 100%of the time.

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Energy is possible, Clear,radiant focus is possible and
living a life without allergiesis completely possible.
And it starts with listening tothe whispers of your body
before they become screams.
So since you're curious aboutwhat your symptoms are trying to
tell you, I invite you to justhave a conversation with me.

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I'm offering a free root causeconsult where we'll review your
top three symptoms, map outwhich at-home health test is
right for you.
We have over 35 of thesedifferent health tests to choose
from.
I have over 35 of thesedifferent health tests to choose
from.
They're completely affordable.
They're completely confidential.
These are CLIA certifiedC-L-I-A, clia certified

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functional lab tests that havebeen in use for decades by
naturopathic doctors, functionalmedicine practitioners and
certified integrative healthpractitioners like myself.
So I invite you to book yourfree consult today.
I'll make it really easy.
I will put the link in the shownotes for you and, if you
missed it, our soul sleeptraining replay is now live on

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YouTube so you can watch it.
The link is in my social bios,it's on our website, it's also
in the show notes as well, andin it I explain how optimizing
sleep isn't just about rest.
It's about reclaiming yourenergy, your success in your
spiritual alignment, and thenyou'll also hear more about a
brand new soul system sleepprogram and how it might just be

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what your body's waiting for.
So, as we step into thisvibrant season of growth, I'll
leave you with this what if thesymptoms that you're tolerating
are actually the clues to yourtransformation?
Listen in, tune inward, trustyour body's wisdom and intuition
, and, since you're ready, I'dlove to walk that healing

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journey with you.
Until next time, allow yourmind to tune into what your
body's telling you.
Keep breaking those boundaries.
Bye-bye everybody.