This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I have Anshul Gupta who is a best-selling author, speaker, researcher, and world expert in Hashimoto's disease. In this episode, Anshul tells us about how he was a traditionally trained medical doctor who started having health struggles. After not finding any answers, he became trained in functional medicine and went on to open his own private practice. Today we cover SIRS, trauma/stress, toxins, nutrient deficiencies, infections, peptide therapy, and more! Anshul leaves us with encouraging words at the end if you are also struggling with health issues and haven't found answers. KEY TAKEAWAYS: What is SIRS?What are symptoms & causes of SIRS?Physical signs of traumaModalities to help with traumaTesting for heavy metals, Lyme, parasites, & moldCommon nutrient deficienciesWhat is peptide therapy?ABOUT GUEST: Anshul Gupta, MD, IFMCP, FAIHM is a best-selling author, speaker, researcher, and the world expert in Hashimoto’s disease. He educates people worldwide on reversing Hashimoto’s disease. He is a Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician, with advanced certification in Functional Medicine, Peptide therapy and also fellowship trained in Integrative Medicine. He has worked at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Department of Functional Medicine alongside Dr. Mark Hyman. He has helped thousands of patients to reverse their health issues by using the concepts of functional medicine. He is now on a mission to help 1 million people reverse their health conditions. To achieve this mission he has written a best seller book called Reversing Hashimoto’s. He has also started a virtual functional medicine practice, a blog, and a YouTube channel so he can reach people from all over the world. His blog and YouTube videos have already reached more than 2 million people worldwide. Work with Anshul:  https://www.anshulguptamd.com/work-with-me/ FREE thyroid quiz: https://www.anshulguptamd.com/thyroid-quiz/  WHERE TO FIND: Website: https://www.anshulguptamd.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshulguptamd/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drguptafunctionalmedicine/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnshulGuptaMD LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshulguptamd/ WHERE TO FIND CHRISTA: Website: https://www.christabiegler.com/ Instagram: @anti.inflammatory.nutritionist Podcast Instagram: @lessstressedlife YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lessstressedlife Leave a review, submit a questions for the podcast or take one of my quizzes here: https://www.christabiegler.com/links SPONSORS: Thank you to Christian Healthcare Ministries for sponsoring this episode. Check them out here: https://chministries.org/lessstressedlife