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Max Life Austin - Your Gut, Your Nervous System, & Your Whole Body Health · The Bridge Austin

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  Speaker 1: Information provided on today's show is for informational purposes only
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  Speaker 1: The Max Life broadcast and its doctors always advise you
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  Speaker 1: where you are empowered to align your health, restore your hope,
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  Speaker 1: and achieve your God-given potential. The MaxLife Doctors of Austin
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  Speaker 1: all hold doctorates in chiropractic, as well as advanced certifications
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  Speaker 1: in nutrition, toxicity, and corrective chiropractic care. Here to guide
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  Speaker 1: you through the journey to optimal health and wellness, Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Kelsey Keene is.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to Max Life Austin's radio program. I'm Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Keene with Keene Family Chiropractic here in Austin, Texas. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm so glad that you're spending a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: time in your day with me. Max Life Austin is
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  Speaker 2: all about aligning your health with the essentials to great
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  Speaker 2: health to address underlying causes of disease and to keep
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  Speaker 2: you thriving. So today we're going to talk about something
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  Speaker 2: that I think is incredibly important because it affects almost
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  Speaker 2: every area of your health. We're going to be talking
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  Speaker 2: about your gut. And when I say your gut, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not just talking about whether you have heartburn, bloating, constipation, diarrhea,
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  Speaker 2: or stomach pain. I'm talking about the health of your
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  Speaker 2: digestive system, your gut bacteria, your immune system, inflammation, your
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  Speaker 2: ability to absorb nutrients and your metabolism. and then ultimately
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  Speaker 2: how all those things can affect how you feel every
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  Speaker 2: single day. But we don't always think about our gut
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  Speaker 2: being an underlying cause of those health issues, and it
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  Speaker 2: absolutely can. And I hope to bridge the gap for
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  Speaker 2: you today so you can understand how those are connected.
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  Speaker 2: One big thing to understand is your gut does not
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  Speaker 2: exist in isolation. Your gut is communicating with your brain.
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  Speaker 2: Your gut's communicating with your immune system. Your gut's affecting
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  Speaker 2: is affected by your stress levels. Your gut's affected by
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  Speaker 2: what you eat. Your gut is affected by your sleep.
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  Speaker 2: And your gut is affected by medications and also environmental exposures.
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  Speaker 2: And importantly for our office, your gut is also part
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  Speaker 2: of a body that is controlled and coordinated by your
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  Speaker 2: nervous system. So today we're going to connect some dots.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to talk about what happens when your gut
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  Speaker 2: gets out of balance, why your microbiome matters, what something
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  Speaker 2: called intestinal permeability is, why mitochondrial function matters, some simple
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  Speaker 2: things you can do to support your gut. And then
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  Speaker 2: I want to tell you about one of the functional
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  Speaker 2: insight into that so you know what is available if
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  Speaker 2: you need a deep dive into what is happening with
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  Speaker 2: your gut health. And I'll explain why testing can be
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  Speaker 2: so helpful when you're trying to figure out what's actually
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  Speaker 2: going on instead of just simply guessing. And stay with
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  Speaker 2: And we'll talk about that again towards the end of
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  Speaker 2: the show. But before we get there, let's talk about
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  Speaker 2: why your whole body matters. Your body is a connected system.
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  Speaker 2: One of the things I want people to understand about
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  Speaker 2: health is that we have a tendency to divide the
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  Speaker 2: body into little compartments. We have a doctor for the stomach,
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  Speaker 2: a doctor for the heart, a doctor for the joints,
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  Speaker 2: a doctor for hormones. a doctor for allergies, a doctor
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  Speaker 2: for your skin, but your whole body doesn't work in compartments.
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  Speaker 2: Your body works as one connected system. And one of
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  Speaker 2: the biggest mistakes we can make is to look at
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  Speaker 2: a symptom and assume that the location of the symptom
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  Speaker 2: is necessarily the source of the problem. For example, if
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  Speaker 2: someone has digestive symptoms, we may immediately think, well, I
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  Speaker 2: need something for my stomach. But we should also be asking,
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  Speaker 2: what are you eating? How are you sleeping? How much
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  Speaker 2: stress are you under? How is your nervous system functioning?
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  Speaker 2: Is that person absorbing nutrients? What does their microbiome in
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  Speaker 2: their colon look like? Are there signs of inflammation? Are
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  Speaker 2: there digestive enzymes being produced appropriately? Could that be the issue?
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  Speaker 2: Is there an issue with intestinal barrier? Is bacteria growing
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  Speaker 2: in the wrong parts of their gut, like their small
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  Speaker 2: intestine versus their colon? Are environmental exposures contributing? What about
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  Speaker 2: the health of the rest of the body? This is
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  Speaker 2: where I want to introduce something that is central to
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  Speaker 2: the way we think about health at Keen Family Chiropractic,
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  Speaker 2: and that is we're talking about function. A lot of
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  Speaker 2: people define health as simply the absence of a disease diagnosis,
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  Speaker 2: but I want you to think about health a little differently.
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  Speaker 2: Health is your body's ability to function normally. Your body
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  Speaker 2: is designed to regulate temperature. It's designed to digest food,
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  Speaker 2: eliminate waste, sleep, heal, adapt to stress, regulate blood sugar,
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  Speaker 2: coordinate movement, respond to the environment. And all these functions
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  Speaker 2: require communication within the body. And that communication is heavily dependent.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, it's completely dependent on the nervous system because
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  Speaker 2: that is where that communication happens from. Your nervous system
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  Speaker 2: is essentially the body's communication and control network. Your brain
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  Speaker 2: communicates with your body and your body communicates back with
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  Speaker 2: the brain. And that connection is vital to the vitality
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  Speaker 2: and health of your body. Your digestive system is deeply
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  Speaker 2: connected to that communication network. And you've probably experienced this yourself.
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  Speaker 2: I'm wondering, have you ever been really nervous about an
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  Speaker 2: important meeting and then suddenly had to run to the bathroom?
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  Speaker 2: Or maybe you've been under a and your digestion changed,
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  Speaker 2: it probably slowed down a lot. You're noticing like, why
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  Speaker 2: am I not moving my food through the way that
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  Speaker 2: it should? Maybe under stress, you notice you lose your appetite.
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  Speaker 2: You might feel bloated when you eat. Constipation can happen,
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  Speaker 2: or maybe the other way where it's very loose stool.
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  Speaker 2: That's not your imagination. Your digestive system responds to what's
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  Speaker 2: happening in your nervous system. We often hear about the
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  Speaker 2: gut-brain connection. But it's really a two-way communication system. Your
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  Speaker 2: brain affects your gut and your gut sends information back
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  Speaker 2: to the brain. And this is one reason why I
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  Speaker 2: believe we have to look at the whole person when
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  Speaker 2: someone comes in and they're really trying to get their
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  Speaker 2: health back on track. Look at the entire person, not
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  Speaker 2: just where they're having symptoms. At Keen Family Chiropractic and
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  Speaker 2: my clinic, we start with the nervous system because the
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  Speaker 2: nervous system is involved in regulating so many of the
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  Speaker 2: body's normal functions. And as a doctor of chiropractic myself,
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  Speaker 2: this is my comfort zone is talking about the nervous
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  Speaker 2: system and the spine. So let's specifically talk about the spine.
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  Speaker 2: The nerves that exit the spine communicate with different areas
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  Speaker 2: and systems throughout the body. The autonomic nervous system, which
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  Speaker 2: helps regulate things like digestion, heart rate, blood pressure, and
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  Speaker 2: other automatic functions has connections throughout the spine and the pelvis.
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  Speaker 2: And then the lower part of the spine is particularly
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  Speaker 2: important when we're talking about the nerve pathways involved in
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  Speaker 2: the lower digestive tract and also the pelvic organs. This
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  Speaker 2: is something that I see, you know, often in my
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  Speaker 2: office is we have patients who have dealt with, you know,
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  Speaker 2: low back pain for quite a while, and then they
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  Speaker 2: also deal with digestive issues or they've been diagnosed with IBS.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm I'm not saying that one adjustment is the
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  Speaker 2: cure for digestive disease at all. That's not what chiropractic
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  Speaker 2: is about. What it's about is removing interference so that
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  Speaker 2: the brain and the body can communicate and so that
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  Speaker 2: healing and normal functioning can start to happen. But guess
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  Speaker 2: what that means for your digestive system? When you're able
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  Speaker 2: to start functioning optimally, you're going to notice differences in
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  Speaker 2: how your body is eliminating and how you're digesting food.
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  Speaker 2: Normal function is the foundation of health. When your body's
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  Speaker 2: under stress, when you're not sleeping, when you're eating poorly,
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  Speaker 2: when you're sedentary, and when you're exposed to things that
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  Speaker 2: your body has difficulty handling, when the nervous system isn't
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  Speaker 2: adapting well to those stresses, all those factors can add up.
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  Speaker 2: And that leads us right back to your gut. Inside
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  Speaker 2: your digestive tract is this incredible complex ecosystem. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's important to understand that. Your microbiome contains nutrients. trillions
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  Speaker 2: of microorganisms and these aren't simply passengers along for the ride.
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  Speaker 2: Your gut bacteria interact with your digestive system, your immune system,
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  Speaker 2: and the environment inside your intestines. One of the fascinating
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  Speaker 2: things about the microbiome is its relationship with your immune system.
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  Speaker 2: Your immune system actually interacts with the microbes living in
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  Speaker 2: your gut. A healthy, diverse microbiome can help support appropriate
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  Speaker 2: immune regulations. On the other hand, changes in the microbiome,
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  Speaker 2: often referred to as dysbiosis, have been associated with inflammation
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  Speaker 2: and then a number of health conditions. And that's why
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  Speaker 2: gut health can have consequences far beyond your digestive tract.
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  Speaker 2: And you might be thinking, okay, Dr. Keene, what does
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  Speaker 2: an unhealthy gut actually look like? Well, sometimes it is obvious.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes it's bloating that you're very aware of or an
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  Speaker 2: abnormal amount of gas. You're dealing with constipation. You're dealing
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  Speaker 2: with diarrhea. You've got abdominal discomfort after you eat. You're
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  Speaker 2: dealing with reflux. Food sensitivities start happening. You never had
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  Speaker 2: those before. Why is all of a sudden this normal
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  Speaker 2: food causing you to have issues? But sometimes the signs
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  Speaker 2: can also be less obvious. You're noticing that your energy
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  Speaker 2: is down. You're feeling extra tired. You might struggle with energy.
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  Speaker 2: You have difficulty maintaining healthy blood sugar, and you didn't
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  Speaker 2: used to have that before. You might experience inflammatory issues.
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  Speaker 2: You might notice changes in your skin. You might feel
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  Speaker 2: certain Foods just don't agree with you anymore. And sometimes
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  Speaker 2: people have significant digestive dysfunction without what they would consider
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  Speaker 2: major digestive symptoms. Even autoimmune conditions are connected to your
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  Speaker 2: gut and could be an underlying cause of why that
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  Speaker 2: developed in your body. And that's why simply asking someone,
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  Speaker 2: does your stomach hurt, isn't always enough. You have to
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  Speaker 2: look deeper. I want to talk to you about a
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  Speaker 2: phrase you might have heard before. I've definitely talked about
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  Speaker 2: it on the show before, which is leaky gut. The
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  Speaker 2: more scientific term is increased intestinal permeability. Your intestinal lining
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  Speaker 2: isn't simply a pipe that food passes through. It's a
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  Speaker 2: highly regulated barrier. So think about it like a security system.
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  Speaker 2: It needs to allow nutrients and other appropriate substances to
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  Speaker 2: pass through while helping keep unwanted substances from crossing into
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  Speaker 2: the bloodstream. And when that barrier becomes compromised, and it
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  Speaker 2: can happen because there's been a lot of inflammation in
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  Speaker 2: your gut for a while, that's probably the most common.
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  Speaker 2: It can happen because you have dysbiosis in the microbiome
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  Speaker 2: of your gut. Either way, the permeability of the intestinal
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  Speaker 2: lining changes. starts to increase. That means things can pass
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  Speaker 2: through more easily. It doesn't have that security system the
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  Speaker 2: way it should. And that can allow substances that normally
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  Speaker 2: would remain inside the digestive system or the digestive tract
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  Speaker 2: to interact with the immune system now. And that can
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  Speaker 2: contribute to more inflammation and then also immune activation based
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  Speaker 2: on what your immune system now has access to through
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  Speaker 2: that gut lining. This is one reason we don't want
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  Speaker 2: to think about the gut as simply just a digestive
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  Speaker 2: organ your gut is also an important part of the
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  Speaker 2: immune system. And that's a big deal because inflammation that
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  Speaker 2: begins in one part of the body doesn't necessarily just
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  Speaker 2: stay isolated to that one area. Your body is interconnected.
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  Speaker 2: And continuing on explaining that intestinal permeability, if our immune
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  Speaker 2: system starts interacting with things from our digestive tract that
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  Speaker 2: then are able to pass through and now our immune
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  Speaker 2: system reacts to it, This can be one of the
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  Speaker 2: reasons why food sensitivities are starting to pop up and
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  Speaker 2: you're noticing certain food is affecting you in ways it
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  Speaker 2: didn't before. And it can all go back to that
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  Speaker 2: leaky gut syndrome. Now, here's another fascinating part about gut health.
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  Speaker 2: Your colon is home to many different types of bacteria
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  Speaker 2: and different bacteria thrive in different environments. There's some beneficial
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  Speaker 2: bacteria that prefer very low oxygen conditions. Your body works
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  Speaker 2: hard to maintain the environment that supports those organisms. The
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  Speaker 2: cells lining your colon are called colonocytes, and they play
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  Speaker 2: an important role in this process. And there's another group
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  Speaker 2: of cells called goblet cells that produce mucus that help
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  Speaker 2: protect the intestinal lining. And you want to think about
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  Speaker 2: that mucosal layer as part of your gut's protective barrier.
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  Speaker 2: So you've got this amazing ecosystem where the intestinal lining,
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  Speaker 2: mucus layer, immune system, and bacteria are all interacting and
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  Speaker 2: have their own roles to play. And it's a really
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  Speaker 2: sophisticated system. When the ecosystem becomes disrupted, we can see
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  Speaker 2: a shift in the balance of those organisms. And this
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  Speaker 2: is where the term dysbiosis comes in. Dysbiosis essentially means
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  Speaker 2: that the microbial community has become imbalanced. It doesn't necessarily
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  Speaker 2: mean that one particular bacteria is automatically bad. It's more
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  Speaker 2: complicated than that. What we're interested in is the overall ecosystem.
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  Speaker 2: What organisms are present? How abundant are they? Are there
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  Speaker 2: signs of inflammation? Are there signs of digestive dysfunction? Are
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  Speaker 2: there markers that suggest the intestinal environment isn't functioning optimally?
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  Speaker 2: And this is where functional testing can give us really
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  Speaker 2: great information that we simply can't get from just guessing
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  Speaker 2: or asking questions. So if we take it one step deeper,
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  Speaker 2: every cell in your body needs energy. And you know that.
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  Speaker 2: And your mitochondria are central to how your cells produce energy.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, this is where the energy is produced. You
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  Speaker 2: may have heard mitochondria called the powerhouses of the cell.
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  Speaker 2: That's a simplified explanation, but it gives you the basic idea.
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  Speaker 2: Your colon cell's They require energy to perform their jobs.
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  Speaker 2: And when cellular energy production is impaired, the ability of
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  Speaker 2: tissues to perform their normal functions can be affected. This
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  Speaker 2: is one reason why your mitochondrial health, your metabolism is
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  Speaker 2: another way of talking about that, is so vital to
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  Speaker 2: the health of your body and whether you're healing or not.
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  Speaker 2: This is one reason why we have to look just
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  Speaker 2: beyond the gut itself. You can't separate gut health from
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  Speaker 2: cellular health, and you can't separate cellular health from the
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  Speaker 2: things that you're exposed to every single day. Again, what
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  Speaker 2: you're eating, how you're sleeping, how much movement you're getting,
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  Speaker 2: how much stress you're under, what are you putting into
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  Speaker 2: your body, what are you putting on your body, and
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  Speaker 2: what are you being exposed to in the environment you're
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  Speaker 2: in the most often? We live in a world where
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  Speaker 2: we're exposed to more environmental chemicals and synthetic materials than
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  Speaker 2: previously ever have before, definitely more than previous generations. And
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  Speaker 2: that doesn't mean we have to live in fear. It
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  Speaker 2: means we can make better choices where we have control
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  Speaker 2: over those choices. So being aware is the first step.
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  Speaker 2: For example, instead of heating food in plastic, just switch
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  Speaker 2: that over to glass. I mean, we've talked about this
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  Speaker 2: on the show a lot if you're somebody that listens
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  Speaker 2: very often. Instead of drinking everything from disposable plastic containers...
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  Speaker 2: I carry around my stainless steel cup with me everywhere
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  Speaker 2: I go. I've got like a big Yeti with a
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  Speaker 2: handle and I'll use that instead of using a disposable
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  Speaker 2: glass or cup. Or use glass when it's practical and
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  Speaker 2: you can have that. Eat more whole foods and fewer
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  Speaker 2: highly processed foods is a good place to start for
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  Speaker 2: your health. Reduce unnecessary exposure to chemicals when you can.
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  Speaker 2: Are you looking at what cleaning... supplies you're using in
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  Speaker 2: your home or what detergent you're using, what personal care
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  Speaker 2: products you're using. It is worth looking into those. And
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  Speaker 2: some of those changes are just so easy to do.
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  Speaker 2: I always call it a lateral shift. You're going to
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  Speaker 2: buy detergent anyway. Why not investigate what would be the
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  Speaker 2: least harmful to you and make sure you're getting that
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  Speaker 2: one in. And there's so many apps and things you
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  Speaker 2: can find online that really dive into each of those
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  Speaker 2: ingredients and different brands. So you can understand what the
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  Speaker 2: real risks are, what's been studied and which ones are
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  Speaker 2: going to be less toxic than other ones or non-toxic,
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  Speaker 2: how you can make your own. I mean, you could
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  Speaker 2: go as far as you want, but just making those
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  Speaker 2: small steps to get a little bit better and better
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  Speaker 2: every year is important. So maybe start with one product
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  Speaker 2: in your home and investigate a better alternative and then
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  Speaker 2: look to other areas after you start there. It's not
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  Speaker 2: really complicated things. You don't have to completely transform your
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  Speaker 2: life tomorrow. In fact, you're going to go crazy trying
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  Speaker 2: to do that. Small changes, repeated consistently, those things can
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  Speaker 2: really add up. Another important connection is between your gut
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  Speaker 2: health and your metabolic health. We hear a lot about
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  Speaker 2: blood sugar, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, weight gain, and these
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  Speaker 2: aren't simply problems of just eating too much. Metabolic health
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  Speaker 2: is influenced by our nutrition, activity, sleep, stress, hormones, genetics.
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  Speaker 2: There's other factors as well. And some clinicians use measurements
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  Speaker 2: such as your fasting glucose and fasting insulin to calculate
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  Speaker 2: something that's called HOMAIR, which can provide an estimate of
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  Speaker 2: insulin resistance when you look at those things together. That's
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  Speaker 2: something you can discuss with your health care provider if
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  Speaker 2: it's appropriate for you. But the larger point is this.
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  Speaker 2: Your gut, your metabolism, your immune system, your nervous system,
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  Speaker 2: and your lifestyle will They're all interacting. So if you're
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  Speaker 2: trying to improve your health, don't look for one magic supplement.
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  Speaker 2: Don't look for one magic food. Don't look for one
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  Speaker 2: magic treatment. Really look at the entire system. What can
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  Speaker 2: you do today? Let's make things a little bit more practical.
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  Speaker 2: If you're listening right now and you're thinking, okay, Dr. Keene,
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  Speaker 2: what can I actually do? Here are a few places
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  Speaker 2: to start. First, eat real food. Focus on nutrient-dense food. vegetables,
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  Speaker 2: quality proteins, healthy fats, fiber-rich foods that you tolerate well.
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  Speaker 2: And I say tolerate well because some people, if you
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  Speaker 2: have an unhealthy gut, as you start to increase fiber,
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  Speaker 2: you might notice some distress in your gut. And so
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  Speaker 2: really be tuned into that and start with low amount
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  Speaker 2: of fiber and then gradually increase from there. Minimize highly
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  Speaker 2: processed foods and excessive added sugars. In fact, if you
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  Speaker 2: can go you know, the next 30 days and eat
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  Speaker 2: nothing with added sugar, I really encourage you to do that.
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  Speaker 2: It'll really help with the sugar cravings that you might
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  Speaker 2: be dealing with. And just start with that. You know,
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: you can eat natural sugars. It was already in the
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: fruit with the fiber, and your body's going to respond
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  Speaker 2: to that sugar much differently now than where we're actually
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  Speaker 2: adding in sugar to the product. Those are the ones
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  Speaker 2: that you really want to avoid. Maybe your first step
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  Speaker 2: is just start reading labels and looking at how much
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  Speaker 2: added sugar is in everything. And remember, there was a
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  Speaker 2: standard that the American Heart Association gave us, an organization
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: that I don't always agree with 100%, but I thought
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: this study was really helpful. Their recommendation was, no more
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  Speaker 2: than 25 grams of added sugar a day for women.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it was something like 34 grams of
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  Speaker 2: added sugar a day for men. So then imagine for
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: a child, I think it would be appropriate to try
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  Speaker 2: to shoot for half of the amount that would be
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  Speaker 2: appropriate for a woman. So, you know, 12 grams of
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: added sugar. Most kids snacks have more than 12 grams
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  Speaker 2: of added sugar. So maybe your goal is just to
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  Speaker 2: start reading and adding up how much added sugar am
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  Speaker 2: I actually getting in the day? That could be really helpful.
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  Speaker 2: The second thing would be supporting your digestion. Slow down
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  Speaker 2: when you're eating. I have a hard time with this
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  Speaker 2: because I'm always in a hurry. But chew your food.
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  Speaker 2: Don't constantly eat on the run. Try not to eat
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  Speaker 2: when you're under a lot of stress. Your digestive system
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  Speaker 2: is designed to function in a certain state. And when
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: you're stressed and distracted while eating, it might not be
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: ideal for everybody. In fact, your digestion will slow down
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: and you may have gut issues the longer you do that.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: I have a patient that recently took some advice that
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: I thought was great, so I'll pass it on to you.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: But she would typically eat at her desk while she
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: was doing work. And she's very focused on being as
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: healthy as possible. And someone had recommended, or I think
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: she might have read it in a book, to not
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: do that. So she has a goal to look out
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: her window in her office, just relax while she's eating
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: the food. And she stares out the window and she
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: tries to be in as relaxed of a state as possible.
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: And I think that's really good advice. Maybe that's something
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: that you start changing. Another thing would be moving your body.
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  Speaker 2: Movement supports your overall metabolic health, and it can also
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: support normal bowel function as well. If it goes in,
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: it needs to come out, and it needs to do
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: it on a timely basis. And so if you are
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: not having a bowel movement every single day, at least one,
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: most people should have more than one, then... you know,
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: maybe getting more exercise in will be the solution to
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: help that for you. Fourth would be prioritizing your sleep
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: because your body does an incredible amount of repair and
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: regulation while you sleep. And then fifth would be managing
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: your stress. And that's a big one. You can't eliminate
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: all stress from your life. I've tried. It's not possible.
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: But you can improve your ability to respond to stress.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: You can decide to What is stressful to you? A
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: lot of times we get stressed out about things that
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: are out of our control. And why are we going
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: to do that to ourself? I'm preaching to myself right now,
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: by the way. Six, look at your individual health instead
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: of assuming the same solution works for everybody. I think
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: that's also another valuable point to make because this is
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: where testing can become very, very effective. At Keen Family Chiropractic,
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  Speaker 2: I offer several functional tests. And one of those that
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: I particularly want to talk about today is the GIFX
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: stool testing through Genova Diagnostics. Now, if you hear stool test,
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: you might immediately think, oh, that's just testing for an infection.
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: It does so much more than that. GIFX is a
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: comprehensive stool analysis that can provide information about different effects
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: of aspects of digestion and gastrointestinal function. Depending on the
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: specific test that's ordered, it can provide information about things
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: such as your digestion, how well you're absorbing nutrients, if
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: there's inflammation, the intestinal environment, microbial balance. We actually measure
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: all the bacteria in the gut so we can see
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: what's happening, what you're missing, or if you have overgrowth.
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: That's important because if you're experiencing digestive systems, I don't
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: want you to simply start taking five different supplements and
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: hope something works. In fact, sometimes people hear how good
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: probiotics are for their gut health. They'll start taking that.
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: And if you've got small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, you're going
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: to be making That issue, much worse, and you might wonder,
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: why is this happening? I'd rather have information than just guessing.
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: What are we actually seeing? What patterns are showing up?
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: What might be contributing to the symptoms? What should we
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: focus on first? That's the difference between simply chasing symptoms
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: and then taking a more personalized approach. When we do
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: functional testing in our office, I don't just hand you
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: a test result and say, good luck. Put that into
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: chat GPT and see what you find out. We meet one-on-one.
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: We go through your results. We talk about what they
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: mean in the context of your symptoms and your health history.
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  Speaker 2: And then I develop a plan to support your gut naturally.
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: And that might include nutrition, lifestyle changes, very specific targeted
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: supplementation based on that testing. And then when appropriate, sometimes
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: other foundational changes in your life that can make a difference.
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: And the goal is not to overwhelm you. The goal
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: is to figure out what your body needs and then
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: create a plan that you can actually follow. And this
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