(1:18) Your gut relates to all of your overall health.
(3:45) Anatomy - Mouth, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, intestines, small and large colon, rectum - each of these have their role and are designed to handle certain foods and specific processes.
(5:40) Gut-brain anatomy, a second brain. Any time that your gut has any input it has to send feedback to your brain, which determines ultimately how your body will function and how is going to respond.
(6:36) We have a gut response to emotional things because the gut is always signaling the immune system.
(7:57) Everything that goes into your body sends a message to your brain. If we overeat processed food, our brain can’t recognize it properly, and you can have an immune response and brain fog.
(9:54) Antibiotics are a big destroyer of gut flora - they destroy bacteria that is supposed to send messages to our brain. If you go to antibiotic therapy be aware of growing back good bacteria.
(12:05) Chew your food. The more you chew, the more brain prepares for the digestion and signals the body. If the brain can't identify what goes into the body, it doesn't know what system to activate.
(14:50) The signs and symptoms of a gut imbalance (leaky gut, gut dysbiosis); if you have a high sugar diet, if you often have high sugar cravings - you probably have a gut and blood sugar imbalance.
(17:31) If you burp a lot or have a lot of gas and bloating, or constipation, diarrhea, unintentional weight changes - antibiotics destroyed your gut flora.
(21:12) Poor sleep is almost always related to the gut, 95% of serotonin is made in your gut, and it's a precursor to melatonin.
(22:15) Constant fatigue - the body is always in an immune response because our gut flora is beaten up and the body doesn't know what's coming in. Tribulus, Korean ginseng are great herbs for fatigue, but we have to ask ourselves why are we losing energy?
(23:14) With autoimmune conditions the challenge is to heal the gut, we see more and more of them.
(24:52) Food intolerances and allergies - when your gut flora is beaten up you will start to develop random food intolerances.
(25:59) Signs and symptoms of the gut-brain connection: anxiety, depression, brain disorders, mood imbalances, ADD, ADHD.
(27:11) What's destroying our gut? Two biggest things are Antibiotics (kill live bacteria) and GMO foods.
(28:30) Glyphosate is in GMO foods, it's what kills pesticides. That's starting the weaken the lining of our intestines, and it has a whole different array of symptoms.
(31:12) You want to have prebiotics (garlic, onion, bananas, artichoke, apples) and probiotics (kimchi, kombucha, sauerkraut, miso, kefir), especially if you are using antibiotics, to improve your gut flora and microvilli.
(32:24) Fiber foods (Brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower) and collagen-rich foods (bone broth, coconut oil) clean the intestines of harmful bacteria help to build healthy gut flora.
(33:35) The specific test for the gut - organic acid test. It's a simple urine test that gives an excellent picture of what is going on with your gut (bacteria, yeast, markers for dopamine, serotonin).
(36:58) No.1 action step should be eating the food from the God's garden (food that comes from a root, a plant or a tree; and if it walks or swims, not the food that comes in a bag or a box)
No.2 - Go get yourself an experienced practitioner to check your gut imbalances.
No.3 - Be patient, it's a process to clear the gut flora and to grow it back healthy.
I suspect that you and I are not that different. I want to be energetic, have fun, and explore what life has to offer. To do this, it helps to be healthy. Health can be a simple topic, it doesn’t need to be complicated or frustrating. The truth is our bodies were designed to feel good and heal on their own. Our job is to help them along the way. Maybe even get out of the way. It’s a simple process: get educated, become empowered and take action!
-Doctor Bart
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