1 00:00:00,595 --> 00:00:03,325 - It's once again time to get gutsy with Liz Hall 2 00:00:03,385 --> 00:00:06,325 and her expert guests on the Gutsy Bay Podcast. 3 00:00:08,075 --> 00:00:10,775 - We are back again with Dr. Anna Toker. 4 00:00:11,335 --> 00:00:15,655 I saw on your IG post, uh, microbiome Diversity Challenge. 5 00:00:15,915 --> 00:00:17,255 Can you explain a little about that? 6 00:00:17,875 --> 00:00:18,975 - So, okay, this, 7 00:00:19,075 --> 00:00:21,775 now this is fa Now I am a microbiologist by training. 8 00:00:21,895 --> 00:00:23,695 I have a master's degree in microbiology. 9 00:00:23,765 --> 00:00:27,415 It's what I did prior to going to medical school, um, 10 00:00:27,415 --> 00:00:30,175 because I thought I was gonna be an MD PhD in like 11 00:00:30,725 --> 00:00:32,855 cure cancer or save the world or something, right? 12 00:00:32,965 --> 00:00:35,735 This did, I'm not designed for a quiet lab. 13 00:00:36,075 --> 00:00:38,335 You probably could've been out. Um, okay. 14 00:00:38,415 --> 00:00:42,135 But so the microbiome thing has always fascinated me. 15 00:00:42,835 --> 00:00:46,415 For 35 years ago when I was in graduate school, um, 16 00:00:47,145 --> 00:00:51,255 there was, we were just starting DNA sequencing, 17 00:00:51,255 --> 00:00:53,135 like it was very early in the technology. 18 00:00:53,135 --> 00:00:57,575 There was a technology for the Human Genome project 19 00:00:57,645 --> 00:00:58,775 that was out in California. 20 00:00:58,875 --> 00:01:01,855 So a lot of the PhDs that left our program went 21 00:01:01,855 --> 00:01:05,255 to California and they were sequencing the human genome. 22 00:01:05,515 --> 00:01:08,255 Mm-Hmm. now, somewhere around the year 2000. 23 00:01:08,795 --> 00:01:11,455 So, you know, it took them about 10 years. They did it. 24 00:01:11,455 --> 00:01:12,695 They accomplished the mission. 25 00:01:13,395 --> 00:01:15,535 And now you got all these scientists, most 26 00:01:15,535 --> 00:01:17,295 of whom are microbiologists 27 00:01:17,295 --> 00:01:19,495 and biochemists with nothing to do. 28 00:01:20,775 --> 00:01:22,715 And naturally they turn to the highest source 29 00:01:22,775 --> 00:01:25,235 of bacteria known to man, which is inside your gut. 30 00:01:25,615 --> 00:01:30,225 And they start to realize that we can't actually name all 31 00:01:30,225 --> 00:01:34,385 of the thousands of species that there are, you know, 32 00:01:35,015 --> 00:01:37,615 tens of millions, trillions. 33 00:01:37,855 --> 00:01:40,375 I mean, like the number, the sheer number of bacteria, 34 00:01:40,475 --> 00:01:42,855 the number of species is well into the thousands, 35 00:01:42,855 --> 00:01:44,415 if not 10,000 different species. 36 00:01:45,635 --> 00:01:49,055 And, um, it's, we can't, I don't think it's knowable. 37 00:01:49,735 --> 00:01:51,935 Ultimately, maybe it will be every 38 00:01:51,935 --> 00:01:53,215 person is a little bit different. 39 00:01:53,375 --> 00:01:55,775 Your microbiome is sort of like a fingerprint. 40 00:01:56,515 --> 00:01:57,975 And it is constantly changing. 41 00:01:58,245 --> 00:02:01,135 It's changing because of your environment, 42 00:02:01,365 --> 00:02:06,055 because of your diet, and because of your own stress levels 43 00:02:06,235 --> 00:02:07,735 and neurology, right? 44 00:02:07,795 --> 00:02:09,935 So you, the human person 45 00:02:11,545 --> 00:02:14,495 exert a stress on this microbiome, 46 00:02:15,315 --> 00:02:18,695 but then the microbiome turns around and either rewards you 47 00:02:18,695 --> 00:02:21,775 or punishes you with neurotransmitters, 48 00:02:21,805 --> 00:02:23,615 vitamin cofactors, et cetera. 49 00:02:23,615 --> 00:02:25,455 It's a fascinating thing there. 50 00:02:25,925 --> 00:02:30,115 Most diseases, when they test your microbiome, 51 00:02:30,415 --> 00:02:33,755 you will have a dysfunctional microbiome. 52 00:02:33,995 --> 00:02:35,875 A microbiome that does not suit your purpose. 53 00:02:37,015 --> 00:02:38,635 And so then the question has become, 54 00:02:38,635 --> 00:02:40,435 and it's an interesting question, which came first, 55 00:02:41,275 --> 00:02:43,735 the dysfunctional microbiome or the disease. 56 00:02:43,735 --> 00:02:45,015 And as it turns out, the dysfunctional 57 00:02:45,015 --> 00:02:46,175 microbiome came first. 58 00:02:47,045 --> 00:02:51,685 And this is very likely how modern food is injuring us. 59 00:02:51,785 --> 00:02:53,925 And this is my theory on the topic. 60 00:02:54,335 --> 00:02:56,685 There, there is one guy, God bless him, 61 00:02:56,705 --> 00:02:58,525 and I do follow his research. 62 00:02:58,645 --> 00:03:00,125 I don't know know if he has social media or not. 63 00:03:00,155 --> 00:03:01,325 He's a typical scientist. 64 00:03:01,745 --> 00:03:04,165 He is got dozens of papers on this topic 65 00:03:04,165 --> 00:03:05,885 that he started publishing in 2020. 66 00:03:06,125 --> 00:03:09,845 I mean, uh, no, 2000 on celiac disease. 67 00:03:10,035 --> 00:03:11,165 Where's colorectal surgeon? 68 00:03:11,245 --> 00:03:13,405 I take care of that for a living. And 69 00:03:13,875 --> 00:03:15,525 what causes celiac disease? 70 00:03:16,515 --> 00:03:19,795 Wheat and these celiac patients make an inflammatory 71 00:03:19,795 --> 00:03:21,235 protein zonulin. 72 00:03:21,355 --> 00:03:22,675 I know the names. 73 00:03:23,545 --> 00:03:26,715 There's an inflammatory protein these patients make. Mm-Hmm. 74 00:03:27,175 --> 00:03:28,355 to their surprise, 75 00:03:28,725 --> 00:03:30,955 every human being makes that same protein. 76 00:03:31,995 --> 00:03:35,205 It's just celiac patients make it in a huge quantity. 77 00:03:35,985 --> 00:03:39,205 And the average person doesn't make it in a huge quantity. 78 00:03:39,545 --> 00:03:42,285 But what they've been able to show is any disease, 79 00:03:42,295 --> 00:03:44,685 every disease that they have tested thus far, 80 00:03:45,595 --> 00:03:49,745 those patients exhibit ev elevated levels of 81 00:03:49,745 --> 00:03:51,865 that inflammatory protein. 82 00:03:53,045 --> 00:03:55,105 And if, if you remove gluten, 83 00:03:55,105 --> 00:03:57,105 this is why I get tell everyone, go gluten free. 84 00:03:57,315 --> 00:03:59,105 Right? So if you remove gluten 85 00:04:00,155 --> 00:04:04,415 and you calm down intestinal inflammation, you'll get rid. 86 00:04:04,415 --> 00:04:05,735 Unless you're a celiac patient, 87 00:04:06,635 --> 00:04:08,215 you'll get rid of the protein. 88 00:04:08,435 --> 00:04:12,315 That's so far, they have lynchpin as the origin 89 00:04:12,375 --> 00:04:14,195 of all human disease that's chronic. 90 00:04:15,905 --> 00:04:17,005 And it seems so simple. 91 00:04:17,505 --> 00:04:19,085 So how do you get rid of inflammation 92 00:04:19,085 --> 00:04:20,125 in the intestinal tract? 93 00:04:20,865 --> 00:04:22,085 You do that with the help 94 00:04:22,265 --> 00:04:24,525 of the bacteria in your intestines. 95 00:04:25,665 --> 00:04:27,885 And, and this is the evil. 96 00:04:28,065 --> 00:04:30,245 And I don't, I'm not saying people do this on purpose. 97 00:04:30,425 --> 00:04:33,085 I'm not saying big commercial interest are really, 98 00:04:33,345 --> 00:04:34,925 are actually trying to murder you, 99 00:04:35,825 --> 00:04:39,845 but they're, they're making products that are safe, 100 00:04:40,415 --> 00:04:43,685 quote unquote, technically for the human person 101 00:04:44,795 --> 00:04:47,445 with no collateral studies on 102 00:04:47,445 --> 00:04:49,005 what this is doing to your microbiome. 103 00:04:49,645 --> 00:04:53,915 Right? So artificial sweeteners are the classic example. 104 00:04:54,775 --> 00:04:57,675 Now, some of them do cause cancer, they kind of hid that. 105 00:04:58,095 --> 00:04:59,795 I'm gonna give, okay, let's not talk about that one. 106 00:04:59,915 --> 00:05:01,675 'cause that one causes cancer. But some 107 00:05:01,675 --> 00:05:02,995 of the others don't cause cancer. 108 00:05:03,705 --> 00:05:06,835 Some of them are natural and organic. Xylitol, erythritol. 109 00:05:07,285 --> 00:05:11,275 These sugar alcohols are organic, they're made in nature. 110 00:05:11,775 --> 00:05:14,315 Mm-Hmm. , they have very few calories, almost zero, 111 00:05:15,675 --> 00:05:18,075 horribly damaging to your microbiome. 112 00:05:18,695 --> 00:05:21,115 So I just described something that's organic 113 00:05:21,175 --> 00:05:22,715 and natural that you would buy. 114 00:05:22,905 --> 00:05:25,395 They blend it into stevia, they blend it into monk fruit. 115 00:05:25,775 --> 00:05:27,395 So you think you're doing something healthy 116 00:05:27,895 --> 00:05:31,635 by not getting the chemical sweetener all organic, 117 00:05:32,565 --> 00:05:34,905 and yet you are still destroying your microbiome 118 00:05:34,905 --> 00:05:38,185 because there's erythritol or xylitol or allulose 119 00:05:38,245 --> 00:05:39,305 or something like that in there. 120 00:05:39,595 --> 00:05:44,185 Those natural sugars damage the microbiome in the microbiome 121 00:05:44,185 --> 00:05:48,625 that is damaged causes inflammation which releases the 122 00:05:48,745 --> 00:05:52,185 zonulin even in someone who's not doing a gluten diet. 123 00:05:52,315 --> 00:05:55,385 Right? So you wanna avoid the artificial sweeteners 124 00:05:56,005 --> 00:05:58,965 to make the the bacteria grow in balance. 125 00:06:00,075 --> 00:06:02,855 You'll want to diversify your diet. 126 00:06:03,035 --> 00:06:06,135 So human beings are creatures of habit. Mm-Hmm. . 127 00:06:06,215 --> 00:06:08,515 Like I talk to patients daily 128 00:06:09,215 --> 00:06:10,955 who have had this same breakfast, same lunch, 129 00:06:10,955 --> 00:06:12,115 and same dinner every day of their 130 00:06:12,115 --> 00:06:13,195 lives for the last 60 years. 131 00:06:15,095 --> 00:06:18,155 And they will tell you they cannot possibly be my diet. 132 00:06:18,825 --> 00:06:20,955 I've been eating this diet for 60 years. 133 00:06:21,945 --> 00:06:24,125 And then you try to explain to 'em, well, I know, 134 00:06:24,425 --> 00:06:26,485 but they're treating food differently 135 00:06:26,485 --> 00:06:28,485 and they're adding stuff differently without telling you, 136 00:06:28,945 --> 00:06:30,885 you know, and the switch from sugar to corn syrup. 137 00:06:31,235 --> 00:06:33,165 It's hard for people to wrap their minds 138 00:06:33,165 --> 00:06:34,605 around fat complexity. 139 00:06:35,985 --> 00:06:39,765 If you huon person can think 140 00:06:39,765 --> 00:06:42,685 outside your box a little bit, if you have issues, 141 00:06:42,845 --> 00:06:44,685 a chronic illness, a belly pain, 142 00:06:45,585 --> 00:06:48,645 and you are eating the exact same thing every single day, 143 00:06:48,645 --> 00:06:49,805 even if you're trying to lose weight 144 00:06:49,805 --> 00:06:51,285 and you're just eating less, 145 00:06:53,025 --> 00:06:54,765 you're still eating the same thing. 146 00:06:55,225 --> 00:06:59,685 And your obesity is dependent on a functioning microbiome 147 00:06:59,755 --> 00:07:01,205 that calms down inflammation. 148 00:07:01,985 --> 00:07:04,085 You have to have a calm intestinal tract to lose weight. 149 00:07:04,385 --> 00:07:06,365 Mm-Hmm. , you have to have calm intestinal tract 150 00:07:06,545 --> 00:07:09,725 to get out from PMS and endometriosis 151 00:07:10,185 --> 00:07:11,685 and, um, menopause. 152 00:07:11,685 --> 00:07:14,485 This is all based on the microbiome. 153 00:07:14,945 --> 00:07:17,565 So the microbiome challenge was basically this. 154 00:07:18,055 --> 00:07:19,165 Think outside the box. 155 00:07:20,165 --> 00:07:24,125 Try to eat 20 different species 156 00:07:24,345 --> 00:07:26,485 of vegetation, plant fruits and veggies. 157 00:07:27,315 --> 00:07:29,055 You gotta make sure you know where they're source, 158 00:07:29,055 --> 00:07:32,495 that they're not spoil sprayed with herbicides or wax 159 00:07:32,715 --> 00:07:36,695 or that ede stuff that Bill Gates wants to Yeah. 160 00:07:37,715 --> 00:07:40,225 Don't do the ed appeal. Don't do the Yeah. Appeal. Yeah. . 161 00:07:40,915 --> 00:07:43,665 Right? Well, because you want all those organisms, 162 00:07:43,885 --> 00:07:46,585 all those plants have their own microbiome. 163 00:07:46,845 --> 00:07:49,265 Mm-Hmm. . So when you consume them, 164 00:07:49,265 --> 00:07:51,665 you're consuming the plant's microbiome. 165 00:07:52,485 --> 00:07:54,585 So that's number one, a probiotic to you. 166 00:07:55,405 --> 00:07:58,465 Number two, the colors in all those vegetation 167 00:07:58,465 --> 00:08:00,705 and choose as many colors as possible are 168 00:08:00,705 --> 00:08:02,025 what we call phyto phenols. 169 00:08:02,285 --> 00:08:06,225 And the microbiome likes diversity of the phyto phenols. 170 00:08:06,805 --> 00:08:08,745 So if you can avoid herbicides 171 00:08:08,745 --> 00:08:13,345 and pesticides, if you can eat them raw, if not blend them. 172 00:08:13,405 --> 00:08:14,465 So at least they're not, 173 00:08:14,775 --> 00:08:16,345 when you cook them, you kill the bacteria. 174 00:08:16,445 --> 00:08:17,905 You don't get the probiotic effect. 175 00:08:18,765 --> 00:08:20,625 Um, some people have to, 176 00:08:20,625 --> 00:08:23,425 they can't digest veggies very well, so they have 177 00:08:23,425 --> 00:08:24,705 to kind of cook. 178 00:08:24,925 --> 00:08:27,785 But if you blend them, you can digest them better. Right? 179 00:08:27,785 --> 00:08:30,345 So that was the whole concept. Think outside the box. 180 00:08:30,565 --> 00:08:34,065 If you're still confused, um, then it's time 181 00:08:34,065 --> 00:08:35,545 to do some microbiome testing 182 00:08:36,085 --> 00:08:38,545 and that'll, that'll give you a better diet to follow. 183 00:08:39,165 --> 00:08:40,985 But out the box, how many different 184 00:08:40,985 --> 00:08:42,105 species can you eat in a day? 185 00:08:43,055 --> 00:08:46,665 Rainbow. Right? Make a rainbow. Yeah. That's a good one. 186 00:08:48,515 --> 00:08:51,235 a rainbow. Colorful foods. Yes. 187 00:08:56,005 --> 00:08:58,405 - I also saw on your IG post, you have two, 188 00:08:58,625 --> 00:09:01,125 uh, Tuhi Tuesday. I love that. 189 00:09:01,125 --> 00:09:03,325 - Tuesday. Yes. My favorite. 190 00:09:03,865 --> 00:09:06,685 We got semi shadow band for saying the word tushie also. 191 00:09:07,105 --> 00:09:09,165 Really? I, I mean, I don't know. 192 00:09:09,365 --> 00:09:11,485 I almost give up, but I choose not to give up. Yes. 193 00:09:11,665 --> 00:09:14,965 My tushie Tuesday, I originally started 194 00:09:15,015 --> 00:09:17,515 doing probably five years ago. 195 00:09:18,395 --> 00:09:20,855 And uh, when I had no Instagram follow my 196 00:09:20,855 --> 00:09:22,055 own patients wouldn't even follow it. 197 00:09:22,195 --> 00:09:24,535 But if their ass hurt, they would start following it 198 00:09:24,565 --> 00:09:26,735 because all of a sudden they're like, oh, toker. 199 00:09:26,735 --> 00:09:28,815 Yeah. That's the advice you give for hemorrhoids. Yeah. 200 00:09:29,105 --> 00:09:31,855 Share it with your friends. So there's not enough of me 201 00:09:31,855 --> 00:09:33,415 to go around is the issue. 202 00:09:34,095 --> 00:09:36,895 A lot of primary care doctors will hear you got hemorrhoids, 203 00:09:37,675 --> 00:09:39,205 they'll send you a referral Tomorrow, 204 00:09:39,225 --> 00:09:40,845 we got 200 referrals last week. 205 00:09:41,105 --> 00:09:42,485 How am I gonna see 200 patients? 206 00:09:43,105 --> 00:09:45,115 That means probably this week we got the same number. 207 00:09:45,275 --> 00:09:47,595 I mean, I don't know. I can't see these many patients. 208 00:09:48,135 --> 00:09:52,125 So most of those patients do not ever need an operation. 209 00:09:53,745 --> 00:09:56,285 So my office, when they talk to you, will triage 210 00:09:56,665 --> 00:09:59,005 who needs surgery, who is like, this has been a problem 211 00:09:59,005 --> 00:10:02,925 for 20 years, and then we'll refer them to Tihi Tuesday. 212 00:10:04,465 --> 00:10:07,565 We do that on, on YouTube. That way it's cataloged. 213 00:10:07,565 --> 00:10:09,725 And then we also do it on Instagram and Facebook. 214 00:10:10,345 --> 00:10:11,445 And so most 215 00:10:11,505 --> 00:10:14,885 of my Tuesdays are specifically related to my specialty. 216 00:10:15,705 --> 00:10:17,525 The other days of the week, I have a tendency 217 00:10:17,525 --> 00:10:20,525 to venture out into other things, microbiome, 218 00:10:20,665 --> 00:10:21,805 how it affects your blood sugar. 219 00:10:22,465 --> 00:10:25,325 Um, or I, I sit on the medical board 220 00:10:25,325 --> 00:10:26,605 for a company called Super Patch. 221 00:10:26,905 --> 00:10:30,445 So I do videos on how to use their technology. 222 00:10:31,015 --> 00:10:33,965 We're about to launch a digestive product called ZI seven. 223 00:10:34,145 --> 00:10:37,685 So I'm gonna start to do videos on that. 224 00:10:37,785 --> 00:10:40,205 So my Monday through Friday are kind of those other things. 225 00:10:40,715 --> 00:10:43,565 Tuesday typically is a digestive thing. So, 226 00:10:45,235 --> 00:10:48,175 - So uh, speaking of, is it ZI seven, right? 227 00:10:48,395 --> 00:10:50,775 So can you share some Yeah. Share some of that please. 228 00:10:51,085 --> 00:10:53,375 - Yeah. We launch July 8th. 229 00:10:53,825 --> 00:10:56,615 Right now there is a pilot program going on just 230 00:10:56,615 --> 00:11:00,125 to make sure we know what the feedback from people are. 231 00:11:00,125 --> 00:11:03,325 What are the most frequent asked questions this way when we 232 00:11:03,325 --> 00:11:04,365 launch Mm-Hmm. . 233 00:11:04,545 --> 00:11:06,765 Um, there's already a database of, 234 00:11:06,765 --> 00:11:08,165 these are the most common ask questions. 235 00:11:08,685 --> 00:11:11,365 I mean, I made a guess what a thought the most common would 236 00:11:11,365 --> 00:11:15,005 be, but basically the majority of the people 237 00:11:15,005 --> 00:11:17,365 that come into our office are gonna complain of 238 00:11:17,365 --> 00:11:20,125 what is basket termed IBS. 239 00:11:20,425 --> 00:11:23,085 Mm-Hmm. IBS are the more severe. And there's IBS diarrhea. 240 00:11:23,085 --> 00:11:24,285 There's IBS constipation. 241 00:11:24,775 --> 00:11:27,005 These patients eat, they get belly pain, 242 00:11:27,005 --> 00:11:28,125 they have gas bloat. 243 00:11:28,125 --> 00:11:30,725 Some of them may have reflux and heartburn. 244 00:11:31,485 --> 00:11:32,795 Their primary care doctors 245 00:11:32,895 --> 00:11:35,155 or gastroenterologists put 'em on antacids, 246 00:11:35,155 --> 00:11:36,955 never take them off the antacids. 247 00:11:36,955 --> 00:11:37,955 That only makes it worse. 248 00:11:38,895 --> 00:11:40,635 And so what is the kind 249 00:11:40,635 --> 00:11:43,195 of one stop shopping for those people? 250 00:11:44,175 --> 00:11:45,355 And right now there is none. 251 00:11:46,135 --> 00:11:49,235 So this is a digestive aid product that's kind 252 00:11:49,235 --> 00:11:50,355 of all encompassing. 253 00:11:51,095 --> 00:11:55,185 So I break the digestive process into 254 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:57,265 seven components. 255 00:11:58,525 --> 00:12:01,665 The first is the kind of the processing of the food, 256 00:12:02,325 --> 00:12:04,145 the churning and the burning, so to speak. 257 00:12:04,205 --> 00:12:06,825 Mm-Hmm. . You gotta chew your food. Well, small bites. 258 00:12:06,825 --> 00:12:08,345 Chew your food well. Mm-Hmm. 259 00:12:08,885 --> 00:12:11,145 , the stomach, the pancreas, the gallbladder, 260 00:12:11,245 --> 00:12:13,945 the intestines all need to do some manner of squeezing. 261 00:12:13,945 --> 00:12:16,185 They have to Mm-Hmm. . There has to be acid there. 262 00:12:16,265 --> 00:12:17,985 I don't know when the acid got a bad or out. 263 00:12:18,685 --> 00:12:21,985 So few people need an antacid. Um, yes. 264 00:12:23,375 --> 00:12:27,505 - That the name antacid anti-acid confuses people. 265 00:12:28,345 --> 00:12:29,745 'cause they think they don't have 266 00:12:29,745 --> 00:12:31,185 enough acid in their stomach. 267 00:12:31,245 --> 00:12:32,345 But it's the opposite. 268 00:12:33,775 --> 00:12:36,345 - Yeah. So an antacid stop, they have too. 269 00:12:36,405 --> 00:12:37,825 - People think they have, sorry, 270 00:12:37,975 --> 00:12:39,465 they think they have too much acid. 271 00:12:39,545 --> 00:12:40,985 I mean, but it's the opposite. 272 00:12:40,985 --> 00:12:43,305 - Correct. But even doctors will think that. Right? 273 00:12:43,445 --> 00:12:47,425 So the thing is, the the bad guy, when it comes to 274 00:12:48,625 --> 00:12:51,025 esophageal burning, stomach burning is actually coming from 275 00:12:51,135 --> 00:12:52,185 bile, believe it or not. 276 00:12:52,245 --> 00:12:54,105 Mm-Hmm. . That's the one that causes cancer. 277 00:12:54,125 --> 00:12:55,665 That's the one that causes upset. 278 00:12:56,535 --> 00:12:58,025 Your, the acid in your stomach. 279 00:12:58,085 --> 00:12:59,385 And again, understanding 280 00:12:59,385 --> 00:13:01,465 that God made us beautifully and perfectly. 281 00:13:02,485 --> 00:13:06,085 It has to be there. The stomach is designed for acid. 282 00:13:06,585 --> 00:13:07,765 Why are we turning that off? 283 00:13:08,385 --> 00:13:10,165 You can't digest your food without acid. 284 00:13:10,625 --> 00:13:12,965 So, but acid does burn. 285 00:13:13,705 --> 00:13:17,325 So if you've got a digestive component sort 286 00:13:17,325 --> 00:13:18,605 of in the mid intestinal tract, 287 00:13:19,605 --> 00:13:22,065 you'll wind up struggling in the stomach 288 00:13:22,385 --> 00:13:23,465 esophagus as reflux. 289 00:13:23,845 --> 00:13:26,505 And in the colon either as diarrhea and constipation. 290 00:13:27,375 --> 00:13:28,595 It just is, it's just plumbing. 291 00:13:28,665 --> 00:13:32,635 This is just physics and plumbing. Mm-Hmm. , um, acid burns. 292 00:13:32,895 --> 00:13:34,875 You take the add acid, the burning goes away. 293 00:13:34,875 --> 00:13:36,395 But guess what? The damage continues. 294 00:13:37,475 --> 00:13:40,215 And a stomach without acid in it, you now, 295 00:13:40,215 --> 00:13:41,415 you can't absorb all your vitamins. 296 00:13:41,415 --> 00:13:42,455 You're not breaking down your food. 297 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:45,735 You're more at risk for gastric cancer. 298 00:13:46,805 --> 00:13:47,905 And then more importantly, 299 00:13:47,905 --> 00:13:50,225 you're encouraging a condition called small 300 00:13:50,225 --> 00:13:52,025 intestinal bacterial overgrowth. 301 00:13:52,035 --> 00:13:55,105 Where bacteria don't like this acid, 302 00:13:55,995 --> 00:13:57,085 they stay away. 303 00:13:57,115 --> 00:13:59,005 There's only one or two types of bacteria 304 00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:00,205 that can live in the acid. 305 00:14:00,745 --> 00:14:02,485 And so that's how your body likes it. 306 00:14:03,475 --> 00:14:07,495 The more diverse your upper intestinal microbiome gets, 307 00:14:07,915 --> 00:14:09,015 the worse you're gonna feel. 308 00:14:09,275 --> 00:14:11,655 You don't want that. The upper intestinal tract 309 00:14:11,655 --> 00:14:12,735 needs to be kind of limited. 310 00:14:13,205 --> 00:14:14,855 When we say microbiome diversity, 311 00:14:14,985 --> 00:14:17,295 we're talking about the lower half of the intestinal tract. 312 00:14:18,235 --> 00:14:21,935 The more the diverse crowd who wants your food 313 00:14:23,095 --> 00:14:24,735 realizes there is no acid, 314 00:14:24,765 --> 00:14:28,415 they're gonna naturally get closer to the faster to the fun. 315 00:14:28,485 --> 00:14:29,695 They're no different than people. 316 00:14:29,845 --> 00:14:30,895 They want the shortcut 317 00:14:31,435 --> 00:14:33,215 and they wanna be the first at the trough. 318 00:14:33,795 --> 00:14:36,695 And those bacteria are not kind when they make, 319 00:14:36,725 --> 00:14:39,095 when they eat your food because you didn't digest it. 320 00:14:39,525 --> 00:14:40,895 They're making methane 321 00:14:40,895 --> 00:14:43,815 and all kinds of things which cause belly pain. 322 00:14:44,355 --> 00:14:47,255 And, and that causes reflux and constipation and diarrhea. 323 00:14:47,435 --> 00:14:52,125 So that process can really be unwound if 324 00:14:52,825 --> 00:14:55,605 you promote a healthy amount of acid in the stomach 325 00:14:56,285 --> 00:14:59,055 coordinated with digestive enzymes. 326 00:14:59,395 --> 00:15:02,735 And so that churn and burn process has to occur for you 327 00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:03,735 to break down your food. 328 00:15:03,755 --> 00:15:05,495 So the third part is breaking down your food. 329 00:15:06,155 --> 00:15:09,785 So our product has digestive bitters in it 330 00:15:09,815 --> 00:15:12,625 that coordinate the stomach and the bile of the pancreas. 331 00:15:12,625 --> 00:15:14,905 And then it has digestive enzymes in it, 332 00:15:14,905 --> 00:15:18,745 including cellulase, which will help you digest plant 333 00:15:19,305 --> 00:15:21,875 material that way you can, he the advice 334 00:15:21,875 --> 00:15:24,315 of doing diversity of the plants. 335 00:15:24,815 --> 00:15:26,475 Um, and then, so then you want to 336 00:15:27,425 --> 00:15:29,355 have an anti-inflammatory component 337 00:15:30,055 --> 00:15:32,475 to help support the lining of your intestinal tract. 338 00:15:32,495 --> 00:15:35,555 So we got anti-inflammatories in there as far 339 00:15:35,555 --> 00:15:36,675 as herbal supplements 340 00:15:36,735 --> 00:15:41,115 and some, um, cystine glutathione precursors. 341 00:15:41,295 --> 00:15:42,395 And, um, 342 00:15:42,495 --> 00:15:47,245 and then some of the herbals will help offset constipation. 343 00:15:47,625 --> 00:15:49,205 And then the probiotic blend 344 00:15:49,205 --> 00:15:52,685 that we have is made specifically to survive stomach acid 345 00:15:54,035 --> 00:15:55,815 and it contains for women's health. 346 00:15:55,875 --> 00:15:57,335 And since I'm talking to you, 347 00:15:57,335 --> 00:16:00,905 and I'm assuming you have a high women category. 348 00:16:01,285 --> 00:16:04,705 Yes. I'm assuming because Oh, you're correct. Yeah. 349 00:16:04,935 --> 00:16:07,585 Well, the name of your podcast, it tipped me. 350 00:16:07,965 --> 00:16:11,935 Um, but women's health, women who lack 351 00:16:12,615 --> 00:16:16,975 lactobacillus tend to have dysfunction, vaginal dysfunction, 352 00:16:17,175 --> 00:16:19,815 uterine dysfunction, irritable bowel syndrome. 353 00:16:20,315 --> 00:16:24,135 And so there are three lactobacillus in there 354 00:16:24,135 --> 00:16:26,295 that are critical for female health. 355 00:16:26,355 --> 00:16:30,375 And it helps your thyroid, your estrogen levels, um, 356 00:16:30,635 --> 00:16:32,335 the reproductive organs, et cetera. 357 00:16:32,335 --> 00:16:36,095 And that's the lactobacillus re eye rosis 358 00:16:36,515 --> 00:16:37,775 and acid dophilus. 359 00:16:37,775 --> 00:16:39,935 Those three have been shown to help with IBS. 360 00:16:40,515 --> 00:16:43,855 But as it turns out, help normalize your thyroid, 361 00:16:44,245 --> 00:16:46,695 help normalize your estrogen if you have PMS 362 00:16:46,695 --> 00:16:48,655 or polycystic ovarian disease. 363 00:16:49,045 --> 00:16:52,255 Okay. So the, that probiotic's incredibly important. 364 00:16:53,145 --> 00:16:56,245 And then we have a spore forming bacillus in there, 365 00:16:56,655 --> 00:17:00,845 which will help kind of chase away the bad guys. 366 00:17:01,645 --> 00:17:06,435 Right? So you wanna repel the bad bacteria that way. 367 00:17:06,585 --> 00:17:09,915 That upper intestinal tract has its limited population 368 00:17:10,265 --> 00:17:14,035 that likes an acidic environment the way it was intended. 369 00:17:14,455 --> 00:17:17,515 And if you can get that, that stomach to kind of early, 370 00:17:17,725 --> 00:17:22,315 small bowel in that sweet spot pH, then it tends 371 00:17:22,335 --> 00:17:25,475 to take away a lot, a lot of the, the, 372 00:17:25,935 --> 00:17:28,835 the stomach upset challenges that people have. 373 00:17:28,855 --> 00:17:30,675 And then finally, you know, you got, if all 374 00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:33,035 that's working properly, you'll poop properly. 375 00:17:34,785 --> 00:17:36,005 And if that's happening, 376 00:17:36,005 --> 00:17:39,645 then you wind up increasing your microbiome diversity. 377 00:17:40,385 --> 00:17:42,005 So the more that system works 378 00:17:42,105 --> 00:17:45,165 and the fecal stream kind of is going at a normal clip, 379 00:17:46,515 --> 00:17:48,455 you know, the, the better off you're going to be. 380 00:17:48,455 --> 00:17:49,485 Microbiome diversity. 381 00:17:50,065 --> 00:17:53,405 And since microbiome diversity prevents disease 382 00:17:53,915 --> 00:17:56,725 because it prevents zonulin, which is the source 383 00:17:56,725 --> 00:17:59,285 of all disease, you can see where I'm going here. 384 00:17:59,285 --> 00:18:01,645 Right? Yeah. So that's the whole point of that. 385 00:18:02,155 --> 00:18:03,485 It's a comprehensive thing. 386 00:18:03,905 --> 00:18:05,565 And people will take somewhere between two 387 00:18:05,665 --> 00:18:08,085 and six a day, depending on their challenges. 388 00:18:09,065 --> 00:18:11,245 And, um, if you don't have gut upset, 389 00:18:11,265 --> 00:18:13,365 two a day is probably okay with you before a meal. 390 00:18:13,985 --> 00:18:15,565 And if you get bloating 391 00:18:15,565 --> 00:18:18,485 after every meal, take one or two before every meal. 392 00:18:19,045 --> 00:18:20,645 'cause the digestive enzymes will help you. 393 00:18:20,645 --> 00:18:22,885 You're probably lacking in acid 394 00:18:22,885 --> 00:18:24,365 and digestive enzymes if that's the case. 395 00:18:25,005 --> 00:18:26,305 - That's what I was gonna ask you, 396 00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:28,865 but I think now I know it's a, a capsule. 397 00:18:29,415 --> 00:18:31,055 - Capsule. Yeah. Yeah. 398 00:18:31,435 --> 00:18:34,575 - So you mentioned lactose, uh, lacto 399 00:18:35,265 --> 00:18:36,325 - Ma Yes. . 400 00:18:38,745 --> 00:18:41,205 So that's what you, I mean, there's a lot of yogurts. 401 00:18:41,445 --> 00:18:43,485 I make my own yogurt, I'll be honest. 402 00:18:44,065 --> 00:18:46,485 And I have a How, how do you make your yogurt? 403 00:18:47,305 --> 00:18:49,885 Um, well see now, now that I'm promoting this product, 404 00:18:50,225 --> 00:18:51,245 I'm going to have to do both. 405 00:18:51,305 --> 00:18:53,165 But the yogurt that I had been making 406 00:18:53,215 --> 00:18:54,765 until July 8th mm-Hmm. , 407 00:18:55,265 --> 00:18:59,725 um, is made with grass fed organic full fat milk. 408 00:19:00,505 --> 00:19:02,235 I'll even add a little cream to it 409 00:19:02,235 --> 00:19:03,995 so I can get a higher percentage fat. 410 00:19:03,995 --> 00:19:05,955 Because fat is important to your microbiome, 411 00:19:06,775 --> 00:19:09,715 the microbiome will turn that fat into butyrate. 412 00:19:10,445 --> 00:19:13,695 Okay? Mm-Hmm. and milk proteins are inflammatory 413 00:19:13,715 --> 00:19:14,775 to the intestinal tract. 414 00:19:15,615 --> 00:19:19,315 So you really only want to consume a fermented version 415 00:19:19,815 --> 00:19:20,995 of cow's milk. 416 00:19:21,665 --> 00:19:24,195 Okay. So kepper or, or yogurt. 417 00:19:24,575 --> 00:19:26,635 So a cottage cheese if it's cultured. 418 00:19:27,215 --> 00:19:29,875 Um, and some cheeses Okay. Depending on how they make it. 419 00:19:30,145 --> 00:19:33,855 Alright. You can buy cultures 420 00:19:34,485 --> 00:19:36,895 that are almost specifically to your desires. 421 00:19:37,625 --> 00:19:39,965 But rer, I ram nosis 422 00:19:40,505 --> 00:19:43,205 and acidophilus for women's health are important. 423 00:19:43,945 --> 00:19:45,285 Um, for a long time 424 00:19:45,345 --> 00:19:48,885 before I started this journey, I was on thyroid hormone, 425 00:19:50,175 --> 00:19:53,635 you know, and it wasn't until, honestly, it wasn't 426 00:19:53,635 --> 00:19:57,545 until I got an autoimmune on, 427 00:19:57,565 --> 00:19:59,385 I'm not gonna say out loud why I got it, 428 00:19:59,385 --> 00:20:01,785 because that will ban you from wherever 429 00:20:01,805 --> 00:20:02,905 you post this video . 430 00:20:04,285 --> 00:20:05,665 But I think you probably can guess. 431 00:20:06,045 --> 00:20:09,625 Um, but I got an autoimmune complication as a result 432 00:20:09,725 --> 00:20:13,305 of a medication I was mandated to take How we'll say that. 433 00:20:13,805 --> 00:20:17,265 And so I kind of went down the deep dive on 434 00:20:18,225 --> 00:20:21,465 holistic medicine on naturopathic things. 435 00:20:22,175 --> 00:20:26,025 None of my medical doctors were willing to even entertain 436 00:20:26,765 --> 00:20:30,345 the timing of my disease as being related 437 00:20:30,645 --> 00:20:31,745 to the thing they made me take. 438 00:20:32,055 --> 00:20:35,025 Yeah. Like, they wouldn't even entertain it. Not possible. 439 00:20:36,685 --> 00:20:38,745 Of course, they're all wrong now, right. We're proving that. 440 00:20:38,845 --> 00:20:41,825 But, but anyway, so fine us the doctor healed thyself. 441 00:20:42,145 --> 00:20:43,625 I went on a mission. Yeah. 442 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:45,825 I, I'm a microbiologist my mother. 443 00:20:46,025 --> 00:20:48,485 I grew up with my mother making yogurt. Mm-Hmm. 444 00:20:48,785 --> 00:20:50,405 and kind of did some deep dive of reading. 445 00:20:50,425 --> 00:20:54,085 And I thought, okay, that I need to find cultures. Mm-Hmm. 446 00:20:54,165 --> 00:20:56,325 that for fact have those bacteria in them. 447 00:20:56,745 --> 00:20:59,085 And I make it fresh myself. It is delicious. 448 00:21:00,275 --> 00:21:01,535 And, um, it's easy to do. 449 00:21:02,125 --> 00:21:05,335 - Yeah. Well, I'm on a mission myself, 450 00:21:05,335 --> 00:21:08,135 and I have, I don't have the science background 451 00:21:08,635 --> 00:21:10,255 or medical degrees, 452 00:21:11,035 --> 00:21:15,215 but I do feel that, uh, the medical field did fail me 453 00:21:15,995 --> 00:21:17,775 on my endometriosis. 454 00:21:17,975 --> 00:21:19,415 I was misdiagnosed for years. 455 00:21:19,875 --> 00:21:22,495 And because it was in my rectum area, I was 456 00:21:23,195 --> 00:21:25,945 at my gastrologist monthly. 457 00:21:26,375 --> 00:21:29,745 Like I had my first colonoscopy in my early twenties. 458 00:21:30,325 --> 00:21:33,585 - God bless you. - Uh, they, I was misdiagnosed of having, 459 00:21:34,065 --> 00:21:37,385 I had IBS constipation, uh, I had colitis. 460 00:21:37,805 --> 00:21:40,025 Uh, they at one point said I had Crohn's disease. 461 00:21:41,345 --> 00:21:44,545 - Interesting. - And, uh, then they put me on, 462 00:21:44,745 --> 00:21:47,145 I believe I was on a medication called Ness 463 00:21:48,045 --> 00:21:49,045 - Es - Yes. 464 00:21:49,045 --> 00:21:50,465 I was on that for quite a while. 465 00:21:51,005 --> 00:21:55,865 And then finally when I was, you know, trying 466 00:21:55,865 --> 00:21:57,865 to have a family, wasn't able to, 467 00:21:58,005 --> 00:21:59,065 and it was too late for me. 468 00:21:59,645 --> 00:22:04,575 And I found an amazing doctor 469 00:22:05,165 --> 00:22:07,655 Naza, who specializes in endometriosis, 470 00:22:07,655 --> 00:22:10,295 and he's outta Stanford all word of mouth as well. 471 00:22:10,645 --> 00:22:13,895 He's written tons of books about endometriosis. 472 00:22:14,595 --> 00:22:17,695 And he saved me. He was able to do the surgery. 473 00:22:18,355 --> 00:22:21,975 And now I've been on this whole new path to mission. 474 00:22:22,055 --> 00:22:23,975 - A journey. - Yes. I'm on a journey . 475 00:22:25,295 --> 00:22:27,895 I want to help people with constipation. Well, well, 476 00:22:27,895 --> 00:22:28,895 - Look, I'll tell you. 477 00:22:28,895 --> 00:22:31,455 So that journey though is gonna serve so many people, 478 00:22:31,465 --> 00:22:33,655 which is why you were given the struggle in the first place. 479 00:22:33,655 --> 00:22:37,455 Right? So struggle is real, but it's for purpose. 480 00:22:38,115 --> 00:22:41,495 Um, in constipation, one thing I've found in my practice, 481 00:22:42,295 --> 00:22:44,735 woefully underdiagnosed, even by other, uh, 482 00:22:44,735 --> 00:22:47,415 colorectal surgeons, is a particular form 483 00:22:47,415 --> 00:22:50,895 of pelvic floor dysfunction called internal rectal prolapse. 484 00:22:50,995 --> 00:22:53,055 Mm-Hmm. . And it's shocking how many people have that. 485 00:22:53,155 --> 00:22:54,535 Not everyone needs surgery for that, 486 00:22:54,875 --> 00:22:57,835 but if you're doing all the holistic stuff 487 00:22:57,835 --> 00:22:59,835 and the physical therapy and you're still struggling, 488 00:23:00,225 --> 00:23:02,235 that might be your issue. 489 00:23:02,745 --> 00:23:06,165 Mm-Hmm. . And I don't like people on things like Lin Linzess 490 00:23:06,185 --> 00:23:08,285 or daily laxatives. 491 00:23:08,355 --> 00:23:09,605 Magnesium is fantastic, 492 00:23:09,745 --> 00:23:12,045 but some of these other laxatives are stimulants. 493 00:23:12,045 --> 00:23:13,605 If you take 'em for more than five days, 494 00:23:13,605 --> 00:23:14,965 you'll paralyze your colon. 495 00:23:15,665 --> 00:23:17,405 Now you're really in a heap of trouble. 496 00:23:17,545 --> 00:23:21,165 So it's like you really are in a bind. 497 00:23:21,265 --> 00:23:24,725 And this is, it can be an anatomical problem. 498 00:23:25,785 --> 00:23:29,765 Um, and it may be one of the things that got fixed along 499 00:23:29,795 --> 00:23:32,085 with your endometrioma, to be honest with you, 500 00:23:32,435 --> 00:23:35,525 because the repair for that condition 501 00:23:36,245 --> 00:23:38,645 operates pretty much in that same plane 502 00:23:38,875 --> 00:23:40,285 between rectum and vagina. 503 00:23:40,945 --> 00:23:42,365 But then we add a little step, we get 504 00:23:42,365 --> 00:23:43,485 behind the rectum and lift up. 505 00:23:43,785 --> 00:23:46,565 But the where it starts is in that plain rectum 506 00:23:46,565 --> 00:23:48,845 and vagina, you'll get a little pocket that starts 507 00:23:48,845 --> 00:23:51,965 to block you, and then over many, many, many years 508 00:23:52,355 --> 00:23:54,285 because everyone says, you're constipated. 509 00:23:54,405 --> 00:23:56,605 I could care less. Just go about your way . 510 00:23:57,385 --> 00:23:59,485 That's kind of how doctors treat you. Yeah. 511 00:23:59,545 --> 00:24:02,245 Um, you can damage things, you can become incontinent 512 00:24:02,245 --> 00:24:03,445 as a result of all that. 513 00:24:03,705 --> 00:24:05,325 So, Mm-Hmm. , my mission is 514 00:24:05,325 --> 00:24:08,805 to never let someone my age experience incontinence 515 00:24:09,645 --> 00:24:10,935 because we missed it. 516 00:24:11,075 --> 00:24:12,855 That's just doesn't seem right. 517 00:24:13,555 --> 00:24:14,775 And if you'd have a conversation 518 00:24:14,775 --> 00:24:15,935 with people, you wouldn't miss it. 519 00:24:16,245 --> 00:24:18,215 Yeah. So that's, so we're kind 520 00:24:18,215 --> 00:24:20,375 of on similar missions, I would have to admit. 521 00:24:21,335 --> 00:24:23,295 - I love that. I love that. 522 00:24:23,955 --> 00:24:25,535 That's why I love following you . 523 00:24:28,275 --> 00:24:31,775 So as we're coming to close, I mean, 524 00:24:32,555 --> 00:24:35,195 I could go on and on and on, um, , but 525 00:24:35,735 --> 00:24:36,735 - I'm very verbal. 526 00:24:36,735 --> 00:24:37,955 I apologize for taking your time. 527 00:24:38,615 --> 00:24:41,075 - Oh, don't apologize. I've loved every second of it. 528 00:24:41,275 --> 00:24:45,075 I wanna continue . My whole point about lacto, uh, 529 00:24:45,195 --> 00:24:48,715 bacillus is, is that in sourdough bread 530 00:24:49,805 --> 00:24:51,665 - It can be because it's naturally occurring. 531 00:24:51,975 --> 00:24:53,185 - Yeah. - But when you take, 532 00:24:53,185 --> 00:24:55,265 and I get the sourdough bread question a lot. 533 00:24:55,605 --> 00:24:57,025 If you're, if you're like, okay, look, 534 00:24:57,025 --> 00:24:58,265 sourdough is fermented. 535 00:24:58,265 --> 00:24:59,905 There's not as much gluten and sourdough. 536 00:25:00,065 --> 00:25:01,385 And that is a true statement. 537 00:25:01,845 --> 00:25:04,865 If you're the one who made it, if you buy it at the store, 538 00:25:05,055 --> 00:25:07,305 they're adding acid to regular bread 539 00:25:07,325 --> 00:25:08,505 to make it taste sourdough. 540 00:25:08,525 --> 00:25:11,785 So you have to be cautious how things are made. Okay. 541 00:25:12,565 --> 00:25:16,945 Um, bacteria and yeast are floating around the air. Always. 542 00:25:17,175 --> 00:25:19,615 It's normal. Mm-Hmm. 543 00:25:19,745 --> 00:25:24,395 think back to 4,000 years ago, they were making, 544 00:25:25,095 --> 00:25:27,955 you know, honey based mead, for lack of better words, 545 00:25:27,955 --> 00:25:29,755 they were making wine, they were making bread. 546 00:25:29,755 --> 00:25:31,075 They, they didn't go to the store 547 00:25:31,075 --> 00:25:32,515 and have fleischmann's and port. 548 00:25:32,675 --> 00:25:35,395 I mean, they left it open to air. 549 00:25:35,575 --> 00:25:37,435 And this is how you make sauerkraut. 550 00:25:37,435 --> 00:25:41,075 This is how you make, um, kombucha tea. Mm-Hmm. 551 00:25:41,105 --> 00:25:42,595 It's how you make fermented rice 552 00:25:42,655 --> 00:25:44,035 and it's how you make sourdough. 553 00:25:44,035 --> 00:25:45,435 And it used to be how you make yogurt. 554 00:25:46,135 --> 00:25:49,065 - Yeah. - You can't control what's in there. 555 00:25:49,645 --> 00:25:51,545 So you do wanna start as sterile 556 00:25:51,545 --> 00:25:53,545 as humanly possible with all of those things. 557 00:25:54,325 --> 00:25:57,385 You don't wanna have any metal involved when you're 558 00:25:57,505 --> 00:26:00,905 fermenting something because metal ions will kill bacteria. 559 00:26:01,125 --> 00:26:03,025 You'll get all the wrong types of bacteria. 560 00:26:04,065 --> 00:26:05,905 Yeast don't like metal. So, so, 561 00:26:05,905 --> 00:26:07,465 and you want a little bit of yeast in there. 562 00:26:08,085 --> 00:26:13,065 Um, so if you'll get glass, ceramic, um, wood, 563 00:26:14,405 --> 00:26:17,675 those are usually the things that people will ferment in. 564 00:26:19,015 --> 00:26:21,865 Boil something, get it sterile as to milk. 565 00:26:22,285 --> 00:26:23,585 You pasteurize it. 566 00:26:24,295 --> 00:26:25,875 Modern milk straight outta the 567 00:26:25,875 --> 00:26:27,035 carton has already been pasteurized. 568 00:26:27,035 --> 00:26:28,235 You don't need to repeat that stuff. 569 00:26:29,095 --> 00:26:30,915 Um, but don't drink outta 570 00:26:30,915 --> 00:26:31,995 the carton and then make your yogurt. 571 00:26:32,685 --> 00:26:35,595 Right. Gotta be, you wanna keep it as clean 572 00:26:35,595 --> 00:26:36,875 as humanly possible. 573 00:26:37,865 --> 00:26:40,955 That way the natural bacteria in the air 574 00:26:41,495 --> 00:26:42,675 are settling into your food. 575 00:26:43,235 --> 00:26:46,965 Food. We need that. We don't need all surfaces covered 576 00:26:48,005 --> 00:26:51,495 with, um, antimicrobials. 577 00:26:51,555 --> 00:26:53,055 That's another problem we're having 578 00:26:53,055 --> 00:26:55,775 because that, I'm telling you, you're ingesting some 579 00:26:55,775 --> 00:26:57,695 of this antimicrobial and killing a microbiome. 580 00:26:58,375 --> 00:26:59,795 Wow. So you do want fermented food. 581 00:26:59,795 --> 00:27:01,555 So yogurt is good, sourdough is good, 582 00:27:02,135 --> 00:27:04,675 but there is gluten still in it, even though you've made it. 583 00:27:05,935 --> 00:27:10,395 Um, just beware. And a kombucha sauerkraut the 584 00:27:10,395 --> 00:27:11,635 water in a sauerkraut. 585 00:27:12,145 --> 00:27:15,155 There's a microbiologist who did a great lecture on that. 586 00:27:15,735 --> 00:27:18,875 And, and his lab did a study unofficially 587 00:27:18,875 --> 00:27:19,995 just out of their own interest. 588 00:27:20,155 --> 00:27:21,795 'cause their microbiologists is what we do for a living. 589 00:27:22,055 --> 00:27:26,355 Mm-Hmm. . And they took all known prebiotics. Yeah. 590 00:27:26,415 --> 00:27:28,995 The probiotics that you can commercially buy. 591 00:27:30,135 --> 00:27:32,875 And, and they were like, look, if you are willing to make 592 00:27:33,395 --> 00:27:37,285 sauerkraut and you don't have to eat the sauerkraut, 593 00:27:37,505 --> 00:27:39,845 you just wanna drink a couple of teaspoons 594 00:27:39,925 --> 00:27:42,605 of the liquid every day and then just put a little bit more 595 00:27:42,605 --> 00:27:44,565 water in it and keep a perpetual culture. 596 00:27:45,155 --> 00:27:47,645 Yeah. And, but most people aren't brave enough to do that. 597 00:27:47,845 --> 00:27:49,205 'cause like, is this gonna kill? We're trained 598 00:27:49,205 --> 00:27:51,285 to think it's gonna kill you 'cause there's bacteria in 599 00:27:51,285 --> 00:27:53,255 it, you know? 600 00:27:53,395 --> 00:27:57,295 So that's thus the need for an encapsulated probiotic. 601 00:27:57,445 --> 00:27:59,375 Thus it's in our Z seven 602 00:28:00,455 --> 00:28:01,615 - Z seven. Yes. Yeah. 603 00:28:01,995 --> 00:28:03,895 - But if you're brave and you want to try, 604 00:28:04,595 --> 00:28:06,175 if you're feeling very homestead, 605 00:28:06,965 --> 00:28:08,375 feel free, feel free to do that. 606 00:28:09,085 --> 00:28:12,015 - Well, I eat kimchi every single day. Yeah, 607 00:28:12,025 --> 00:28:13,025 - There you go. 608 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:14,215 - Just sauerkraut. Yeah. 609 00:28:14,215 --> 00:28:16,135 - It's sauerkraut. It would very spicy . 610 00:28:17,595 --> 00:28:19,495 Now it's, here's a hack. 611 00:28:19,495 --> 00:28:21,455 And this is what I also do with my yogurt. 612 00:28:22,375 --> 00:28:25,555 If I don't, if I've run out of my own cultures Mm-Hmm. . 613 00:28:25,735 --> 00:28:27,075 But there's a yogurt that I like, 614 00:28:27,265 --> 00:28:29,315 like let's say I like, we like Greek yogurt. 615 00:28:30,635 --> 00:28:31,935 We will buy Greek yogurt, 616 00:28:31,935 --> 00:28:34,175 organic Greek yogurt from the store, or Bavarian. 617 00:28:34,295 --> 00:28:37,215 I love Bavarian yogurt. That's how I was raised. Mm-Hmm. . 618 00:28:37,385 --> 00:28:39,135 There are two different styles of yogurt. 619 00:28:40,545 --> 00:28:41,845 Go to the store, get some of that, 620 00:28:42,385 --> 00:28:45,045 get a huge heaping tablespoon of that yogurt 621 00:28:45,145 --> 00:28:46,605 and you put it in milk and heat it, 622 00:28:46,605 --> 00:28:48,445 you'll have the exact same yogurt at home. 623 00:28:49,185 --> 00:28:53,405 Wow. But it didn't cost you $6, cost you one pint of milk. 624 00:28:54,065 --> 00:28:56,725 Um, so you can't, and you can do the same with sauerkraut. 625 00:28:56,745 --> 00:29:01,085 If you have a a favorite deli sauerkraut, buy some, 626 00:29:02,215 --> 00:29:04,085 throw some in with some shredded cabbage 627 00:29:04,585 --> 00:29:06,485 and see if you can't create your own batch 628 00:29:06,505 --> 00:29:08,045 of the exact same sauerkraut. 629 00:29:08,045 --> 00:29:09,045 Now they probably put salt 630 00:29:09,625 --> 00:29:12,245 and some spices like, you know, kimchis got a lot 631 00:29:12,245 --> 00:29:13,885 of spices in it, so I'm sure you've gotta do other 632 00:29:13,885 --> 00:29:15,085 stuff than just ferment it. 633 00:29:15,705 --> 00:29:17,245 But you can make your own. And it's fun. 634 00:29:17,255 --> 00:29:18,525 Teach the kids how to do it. 635 00:29:18,605 --> 00:29:21,685 I, my kids grew up doing that stuff. So , 636 00:29:23,465 --> 00:29:24,465 - I'm going to do that. 637 00:29:24,705 --> 00:29:27,605 You have shared such a wealth of information. 638 00:29:27,985 --> 00:29:31,565 I'm so grateful for you. So thank you, thank you, thank you. 639 00:29:32,425 --> 00:29:33,445 - My pleasure. Hopefully I 640 00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:34,645 didn't talk too much, I apologize. 641 00:29:34,905 --> 00:29:39,565 - No, no. I, I love hearing you speak, so thank you. 642 00:29:40,635 --> 00:29:41,725 - Anytime. It was fun. 643 00:29:42,235 --> 00:29:44,925 - Yeah. You're, you're changing, uh, 644 00:29:45,305 --> 00:29:46,645 you're changing people's lives 645 00:29:47,425 --> 00:29:49,005 and please continue with the mission, 646 00:29:49,005 --> 00:29:51,245 because that's what I am on as well 647 00:29:51,425 --> 00:29:53,285 to help people and their gut. Perfect. 648 00:29:53,865 --> 00:29:55,885 - Yes. Perfect. We need a collaborative effort 649 00:29:56,185 --> 00:29:57,325 of, of people. 650 00:29:58,585 --> 00:30:00,725 So it's all about the, it's all about the mission. 651 00:30:01,285 --> 00:30:04,885 - I mean, I've tried every laxative out there in the world 652 00:30:04,885 --> 00:30:06,805 because I was on it for so long and it was horrible. 653 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:10,915 Sure. And that's why I came up with my own product. Travely. 654 00:30:11,505 --> 00:30:12,595 It's not a probiotic 655 00:30:12,595 --> 00:30:14,635 or a prebiotic, it's strictly just vitamins 656 00:30:14,635 --> 00:30:15,675 and minerals. 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