Ep. 83 Viruses, Toxins, Inflammation, and Naturopathic Oncology with Dr. Lucas Tims

The Beautiful Grit

Joining the podcast this week is naturopathic oncologist Dr. Lucas Tims. He shares how the gritty experience of his wife’s cancer battle led him to choosing a cancer related residency and has become his life’s work. He focuses on the combination of both mainstream and natural medicine. In the episode, Dr. Lucas and Gwen discuss what causes infections, viruses, inflammation and toxins. He touches on the importance of nutrition, diet, exercise, fresh air and building a strong immune system. Dr. Lucas also gives more insight into how chemicals and toxins are causing chronic illnesses and cancer, and even showing up in younger generations. Dr. Lucas provides action steps for people to reduce risk and exposure to chemicals. He also shares his advice on how to continuously detox and examples of stress reducing activities. This conversation moves through so many informative topics, and I truly look forward to you hearing. In this episode we discussed: • His wife’s experience with cancer led him to a focused oncology residency • The benefits of both mainstream medicine and integrative naturopathic medicine • Infections, viruses, inflammation, toxins – what causes it and ways to treat it • How to build a strong immune system • Cortisol levels, EMF, and stress reduction • Toxin loads throughout different generations • What people can do to reduce risk and exposure and get early detection • Regularly engaging in detoxification practices and what that looks like If you would like to hear more from Dr. Tims you can follow him on Instagram @doctorlucas or email at [e-mail] If you would like to do a 90-minute session with Gwen to process and release blocks on the mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and energetic level, you can book a session here: https://gwencoach.as.me/90breathwork and use the 30% discount code for being a Beautiful Grit Podcast listener PODCAST30% If you found this episode helpful, please share with your loved ones, friends, and coworkers, as well as on Instagram! Each share, like, and review helps.