Josh Axe > Quotes

“Alcohol reacts like sugar in the system, causing inflammation. Alcohol is also a depressant that can affect your thoughts, feelings, and actions and provoke anxiety. Steer clear.”
― Josh Axe, Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

“All disease begins in the gut. —HIPPOCRATES, THE FATHER OF MEDICINE”
― Josh Axe, Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

“Bone broth is considered a powerful detoxification agent since it helps the digestive system expel waste and promotes the liver’s ability to remove toxins, helps maintain tissue integrity and improves the body’s use of antioxidants.”
― Josh Axe, Bone Broth Breakthrough Recipe Book: Transform Your Body with Bone Broth Protein, the Ultimate Food to Support Gut Health, Metabolism, Lean Muscle, Joints and Glowing Skin

“research suggests that if you abstain from gluten, your diabetes risk may actually plummet: animal studies that blocked the release of zonulin decreased the incidence of diabetes by 70 percent.14”
― Josh Axe, Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

“A 100-calorie snack pack of cookies has a dramatically different effect on your body than half an avocado or a small handful of almonds with about the same number of calories.”
― Josh Axe, Keto Diet: our 30-Day Plan to Lose Weight, Balance Hormones, Boost Brain Health, and Reverse Disease

“Movement is helpful because it releases feel-good brain chemicals; promotes the growth of new neurons in the hippocampus, a brain region that shrinks with depression; and reduces stress, a primary contributor to mood disorders.”
― Josh Axe, Ancient Remedies for Modern Life

“Bone broth contains potassium and glycine, which support both cellular and liver detoxification.”
― Josh Axe, Bone Broth Breakthrough Recipe Book: Transform Your Body with Bone Broth Protein, the Ultimate Food to Support Gut Health, Metabolism, Lean Muscle, Joints and Glowing Skin

“skillet over medium-high heat and cook until translucent. 2.   Add cabbage and cook until soft, about 20–30 minutes. 3.   Turn heat to low and add remaining ingredients. Mix until well incorporated.”
― Josh Axe, Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

“On a cell-for-cell basis, we are 90 percent microbial. We don’t just live on the earth—the earth lives in us.”
― Josh Axe, Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

“Essential oils are referenced 264 times in the Bible, and 33 different types of oils are mentioned.”
― Josh Axe, Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

“To not be afraid of a little dirt here and there, but instead, more consciously follow the rhythms of nature and embrace the healing power that surrounds us every day.”
― Josh Axe, Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

“Turmeric is also an effective treatment for pain, according to a review published in the Journal of Medicinal Food,35 probably because it’s so effective at reducing inflammation.”
― Josh Axe, Ancient Remedies for Modern Life

“it all starts with healing the gut.”
― Josh Axe, Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

“I stressed how important it was for her to chew her food thoroughly. “Ideally, we should chew thirty times per bite of food,” I said.”
― Josh Axe, Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

“CABBAGE SALAD TOTAL TIME: 40 minutes | SERVES: 1 or 2 2 tablespoons coconut oil 1 onion, chopped ½ head cabbage, shredded ½ cup pine nuts 4 tablespoons coconut oil 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon sea salt ½ teaspoon pepper 1.   Add coconut oil and the onion to a skillet”
― Josh Axe, Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

“Bone broth also increases intake of essential minerals, which act like chelators to remove toxins by stopping heavy metals from attaching to mineral receptor sites.”
― Josh Axe, Bone Broth Breakthrough Recipe Book: Transform Your Body with Bone Broth Protein, the Ultimate Food to Support Gut Health, Metabolism, Lean Muscle, Joints and Glowing Skin

“For example, if you want to combat high blood pressure, start by using a combination of lavender, ylang ylang and frankincense. Diffuse cinnamon oil, grapefruit oil and ginger oil at your desk at work to support blood sugar balance. In clinical trials, essential oils have been proven to elevate moods,”
― Josh Axe, Essential Oils: Ancient Medicine for a Modern World

“When you are self-aware, you are mindful of what is happening to you and in you, rather than letting it consume and overwhelm you. You can recognize your blind spots, weaknesses, and areas needing improvement. Self-awareness allows you to discover where you are now, so you can get to where you truly want to be. If you want to reach your potential and live a meaningful life, begin by cultivating self-awareness.”
― Josh Axe, Think This, Not That: 12 Mindshifts to Breakthrough Limiting Beliefs and Become Who You Were Born to Be

“When she met and fell in love with Paulo, a fellow student in grad school, Lima wasn’t interested in becoming a wife; she wanted to build an empire. She wrote in her bestselling book Believe IT, “I grew up believing that men hold women back, and that belief transitioned into the conviction that I didn’t want to get married.”17 Yet she was so in love with Paulo that, sensing deeply that she belonged with him, she surprised herself by answering yes when he proposed. “My intuition [to marry Paulo] shocked the heck out of me. . . . I set aside my fear and doubt to follow it.”18 Together, they worked on the business plan for her company while traveling for their honeymoon in 2007.”
― Josh Axe, Think This, Not That: 12 Mindshifts to Breakthrough Limiting Beliefs and Become Who You Were Born to Be

“regimen”
― Josh Axe, Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It

“substances in oranges (hesperidin), galangal (galangin), green tea (EGCG), and onions (quercetin) might suppress Covid-19 infection.”
― Josh Axe, Ancient Remedies: Secrets to Healing with Herbs, Essential Oils, CBD, and the Most Powerful Natural Medicine in History

“elderberry, echinacea, and astragalus?”
― Josh Axe, Ancient Remedies for Modern Life

“Elderberry, echinacea, oregano, andrographis, astragalus, garlic, and turkey tail mushrooms all contain virus-fighting compounds”
― Josh Axe, Ancient Remedies for Modern Life

“The scent of peppermint can reduce pain, particularly headache pain,”
― Josh Axe, Ancient Remedies for Modern Life