197: The Benefits of a Full Body Ultrasound with Todd Turner, RVT

I recently had an extensive body ultrasound after some “hot spots” came back on my thermography scan. It picked up some inflammation in my neck area and I wasn’t sure if it was my carotid artery, thyroid or something else. I had only planned on having the ultrasound scan on my neck but took the advice to have a more extensive look. I’m SO glad I did! He looked at my heart, breasts, kidneys, adrenals, pancreas, spleen, intestines and so much more. Turns out my carotid artery is fine, my thyroid is ok, but there are a few other things he found that I wouldn’t know about had I not done the full body scan. It was a very interesting and eye opening experience and part of what made it so great was my brilliant technician and all of the little tidbits he shared during the 1.5 hour appointment. He’s on the podcast this week to share his knowledge and talk through some of my results. I think you’ll find this fascinating!

EPISODE 197: The Benefits of a Full Body Ultrasound with Todd Turner, RVTP

Show Notes

(0:00) Intro

• Hello my friend, welcome back to the club, how are you today?

• Today we’re talking about full body ultrasounds because I just had one after having some hot spots show up on my thermography report.

• Every January I have a head, neck and breast thermography scan as a proactive healthcare tool.

• Thermography is infrared imaging and it can detect temperature changes and heat in your body which can indicate inflammation.

• My breast scan was fine but it picked up some heat in my neck and lower jaw line. So there is concern there for my carotid artery and thyroid. So the next step after you spot something like that would be to get an ultrasound scan.

• We reached out to the naturopath who helped me all those years ago with my fertility issue and he recommended this technician that comes to your home and does full body scans and I was like what???

• Welcome said technician: Todd Turner to the Christian Health Club podcast!

(4:04) Explain what your title is, how you got into this work, and what you do.

• Registered vascular and diagnostic cardiac sonographer and certified cardiology.

• Watched his grandfather die of a heart attack.

• Prayed on entering into this profession.

• Venous ablation

(6:08) Explain what ultrasound is

• Uses soundwaves to get a view of the inside of the organs and vessels

• It is 99.9% safe, no radiation

(8:30) Explain why you recommend a full body ultrasound

• If you have something going on with your thyroid, you should look at the rest of the endocrine system, and then you need to look at the spleen, and based on that information you want to look at the liver, and so on.

(17:28) Chelsea’s ultrasound results & Thermogram explainations

• Your body will tell you exactly what is going on

• Three levels of treatment:

  • Pharmaceutical

  • Supplements

  • Natural food that God made

• EBV

  • Beet soup calms the lining of the colon

  • Cabbage cleans out the kidneys

    • GFR lab test

• We have to treat everyone as an individual

(29:10) Storytime - A friend that was diagnosed with colon rectal cancer

• Papaya is one of the best fruits that you can get (key ingredient in digestive enzymes)

• Papaya = predigestive, then eat steak, then pineapple = a post digestive, then berries.

  • Test subjects - triglycerides & how the berries work

• Headaches - turkey & avocado

• The difference between sugar from fruit and artificial sugar and how it reacts in the body

(38:45) Chelsea and Brian’s results, and looking at the big picture

• Look at the texture of the thyroid, look for nodules and cycts

• Characteristics of Hashimoto’s

• Periodontal disease and heart disease correlation

  • Thyroid issues

• Heart Results

  • Valves

  • Fevers

• Liver Results

  • Your liver will show signs of heavy supplement use

  • Alcohol? Coffee?

  • Hemangioma- abnormal growth on the liver

• What it means to auto-regulate 

(57:47) Check your body!

• Your poop, pee, color of your eyes, your whole body tells you everything.

(58:43) Anchor Questions

• Anchor meal:

  • Cod with sweet relish juice, avocado mayo, diced mangoes & papaya, and rice

• Anchor verse:

  • Vengeance is my mine, I will repay says the Lord.

(1:03:05) What to look out for when looking for an ultrasound technician

• Investigate experience, credentials, and people who are in it just for the money.

(1:10:01) Outro & Disclaimer

Thanks for listening! Have a healthy and blessed week!

XOXO,

Chelsea