Avoid 6 Mistakes: Eczema Dermatitis (SIBO, IMO, Candida, Leaky Gut, Zonulin, Histamine Foods)

Dr. Chanu Dasari, MD (@DasariMD)
7 Sept 202318:54

Summary

TLDRIn this video, Dr. Dawson explores the top six mistakes made by eczema sufferers and offers guidance on avoidance. He discusses the importance of bowel movements, gut microbiome health, and diet, emphasizing the role of sugar and processed foods in inflammation. The video also addresses the significance of phytonutrients, the impact of stress and trauma, the necessity of proper sleep, and the benefits of regular exercise for eczema management. Dr. Dawson advocates for a holistic approach to reverse eczema, focusing on diet, digestion, sleep, stress, and exercise.

Takeaways

  • 🧠 The gut microbiome plays a crucial role in eczema, with inflammation often starting in the GI tract and affecting other organs.
  • 🌿 A diet high in sugar and processed foods can disrupt the gut microbiome, leading to overgrowth of harmful bacteria and increased inflammation.
  • 🍽️ The Phytonutrient Diet, rich in plant and fungal compounds, supports a healthy gut and can help manage eczema symptoms.
  • 🚫 Avoiding sugar and processed foods is essential for managing inflammation and eczema, as they can trigger harmful immune responses.
  • πŸ’§ Regular bowel movements are vital for reducing inflammation, as they help remove harmful bacteria and waste from the body.
  • 🌱 Phytonutrients, found in plants, are essential for a healthy diet and can aid in reducing inflammation associated with eczema.
  • πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Exercise is beneficial for reducing inflammation and promoting a healthy microbiome, even for those with eczema.
  • 😌 Stress and trauma can significantly contribute to autoimmune inflammation and digestive dysfunction, impacting eczema.
  • πŸ’€ Poor sleep patterns can exacerbate inflammation and worsen eczema symptoms, emphasizing the importance of restorative sleep.
  • πŸ›Œ A sedentary lifestyle can increase inflammatory markers, making it harder to manage eczema and other inflammatory conditions.

Q & A

  • What are the top six mistakes people with eczema make according to the video?

    -The top six mistakes people with eczema make include ignoring bowel movements, consuming too much sugar and processed foods, deficiencies in phytonutrients, ignoring stress and trauma, poor sleep, and a sedentary lifestyle.

  • Why is it important to pay attention to bowel movements when dealing with eczema?

    -Bowel movements are crucial because 70 to 80 percent of the immune system is contained in the gut. Inflammation in the body, including eczema, often originates from the gastrointestinal tract, making regular bowel movements essential for managing inflammation.

  • How does the gut microbiome dysfunction contribute to eczema?

    -Gut microbiome dysfunction can lead to an overgrowth of harmful bacteria, which can trigger inflammation throughout the body, including the skin where it manifests as eczema. It's important to optimize the gut microbiome to support healthy microbial colonies.

  • What role does diet play in managing eczema?

    -Diet plays a significant role in managing eczema by supporting healthy microbial colonies in the gut and avoiding foods that can cause inflammation, such as sugar and processed foods. A diet rich in phytonutrients can help reduce inflammation and improve eczema symptoms.

  • Why are phytonutrients important in the context of eczema?

    -Phytonutrients are compounds found in plants that positively influence human health. They support healthy microbial colonies in the gut and can help reduce inflammation, which is beneficial for managing eczema symptoms.

  • How does stress and trauma impact eczema?

    -Stress and trauma can be significant triggers for autoimmune inflammation and digestive dysfunction, which can exacerbate eczema. Addressing and managing stress and trauma are important components in managing eczema and other inflammatory conditions.

  • What is the significance of sleep in managing eczema?

    -Proper restorative sleep is essential for managing stress and reducing inflammation. Poor sleep patterns can lead to increased inflammatory cytokines, worsening autoimmune inflammation and digestive dysfunction, which can make eczema worse.

  • How can a sedentary lifestyle affect eczema?

    -A sedentary lifestyle can lead to higher levels of inflammatory cytokines and a less healthy microbiome, both of which can contribute to worsening eczema symptoms. Regular physical activity and exercise are important for reducing inflammation and promoting overall health.

  • What is the Mind Gut Immunity method mentioned in the video?

    -The Mind Gut Immunity method is an approach that focuses on reversing inflammation caused by gut microbiome dysfunction without medication. It has helped many patients overcome autoimmune disease and digestive dysfunction.

  • How can the American Gut Project's findings be applied to managing eczema?

    -The American Gut Project's ability to predict inflammation levels based on stool analysis can be applied to managing eczema by identifying potential flare-ups before they occur, allowing for proactive measures to reduce inflammation and manage symptoms.

  • What is the significance of the phytonutrient diet in the context of the video?

    -The phytonutrient diet emphasizes the consumption of plant and fungal compounds that are beneficial for health. This diet can help support a healthy gut microbiome and reduce inflammation, which is particularly useful for managing eczema and other inflammatory conditions.

Outlines

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🧬 Eczema Management: Avoiding Common Mistakes

This paragraph introduces the video's focus on the top six mistakes made by eczema sufferers and how to avoid them. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the role of gut health in managing eczema, referencing the 'Mind Gut Immunity' method. The speaker shares personal experiences and insights from working with eczema patients, highlighting the potential for reversing symptoms without medication. The paragraph also mentions the American Gut Project, which correlates gut microbiome health with inflammation levels in the body.

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🌿 The Impact of Diet on Eczema and Gut Health

The second paragraph delves into the significance of diet in managing eczema, particularly the role of sugar and processed foods in causing gut microbiome dysfunction. It explains how these foods can lead to an overgrowth of harmful bacteria, inflammation, and the activation of pro-inflammatory pathways. The paragraph also touches on the challenges of treating conditions like C. difficile colitis and candida overgrowth, and the broader implications for autoimmune inflammation. The speaker advocates for a diet that supports a healthy gut microbiome, as opposed to extreme diets like paleo or carnivore, which may lack essential phytonutrients.

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🌱 Phytonutrients: The Key to a Healthy Diet for Eczema

Paragraph three discusses the importance of phytonutrients in a healthy diet, especially for individuals with eczema. It contrasts the benefits of a phytonutrient-rich diet with the limitations of paleo and carnivore diets, which may lack these essential compounds. The speaker introduces the 'phyto diet' as a more balanced approach that includes both plant-based and animal-based foods, focusing on maximizing phytonutrient intake. The paragraph also mentions a presentation on phytonutrition given at Stanford University, emphasizing the growing recognition of the importance of phytonutrients in health.

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πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Addressing Stress, Sleep, and Exercise in Eczema Management

The final paragraph addresses the role of stress, sleep, and exercise in managing eczema. It references the work of Canadian physician Gabor MatΓ©, who links stress and trauma to autoimmune inflammation. The paragraph discusses the impact of unmet needs and obligations on health and the importance of addressing these issues. It also highlights the negative effects of poor sleep patterns and a sedentary lifestyle on inflammation and overall health. The speaker encourages viewers to optimize these aspects of their lives to improve eczema symptoms and achieve better overall health.

Mindmap

Keywords

πŸ’‘Eczema

Eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, is a common skin condition characterized by red, itchy, and inflamed skin. In the video, eczema is the central theme, with the speaker discussing various mistakes people make in managing it and offering insights into how to reverse its symptoms without medication.

πŸ’‘Gut Microbiome

The gut microbiome refers to the complex ecosystem of microorganisms that live in the human gastrointestinal tract. The video emphasizes the importance of a healthy gut microbiome in managing inflammation associated with eczema, suggesting that imbalances can lead to systemic inflammation and skin conditions.

πŸ’‘Inflammation

Inflammation is the body's response to harmful stimuli, including damaged cells, irritants, or pathogens. The video discusses how inflammation, particularly when originating in the gastrointestinal tract, can exacerbate eczema symptoms, highlighting the need to address the root causes of inflammation.

πŸ’‘MALT

Mucosa-Associated Lymphatic Tissue (MALT) is a part of the immune system found throughout the mucosal surfaces of the body, including the gut. The video mentions that 70 to 80 percent of the immune system is contained in the gut, playing a crucial role in immune response and inflammation.

πŸ’‘Phytonutrients

Phytonutrients are compounds found in plants that have a positive impact on human health. The video advocates for a diet rich in phytonutrients, suggesting that they support a healthy gut microbiome and can help in managing eczema by reducing inflammation.

πŸ’‘Stress and Trauma

The video discusses how stress and trauma, both major and minor (referred to as 'small t' trauma), can contribute to autoimmune inflammation and digestive dysfunction, which in turn can worsen eczema. The speaker suggests that addressing these psychological factors is crucial for managing eczema.

πŸ’‘Sedentary Lifestyle

A sedentary lifestyle is characterized by a lack of physical activity. The video points out that physical inactivity can lead to higher levels of inflammatory markers and a less healthy microbiome, which are detrimental to eczema management.

πŸ’‘Dietary Factors

The video emphasizes the role of diet in managing eczema, particularly the avoidance of sugar and processed foods, which can cause gut microbiome dysfunction and inflammation. It also highlights the importance of a diet rich in phytonutrients to support a healthy gut and reduce inflammation.

πŸ’‘Sleep

Proper sleep is essential for managing stress and inflammation. The video mentions that poor sleep patterns can lead to increased inflammation, which can worsen eczema symptoms, underscoring the importance of good sleep hygiene in eczema management.

πŸ’‘Autoimmune Disease

Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues. The video discusses how the approach used for managing eczema can also help overcome autoimmune diseases by addressing the root causes of inflammation and immune system dysfunction.

πŸ’‘Exercise

Exercise is highlighted in the video as a way to reduce inflammation and promote a healthy microbiome. It suggests that regular physical activity can help manage eczema by releasing cell signaling molecules and hormones that heal tissues and block inflammation.

Highlights

Exploring the top six mistakes people with eczema make and how to avoid them.

Discussing the Mind Gut Immunity method for overcoming autoimmune disease and digestive dysfunction.

The importance of understanding the role of gut microbiome in eczema and inflammation.

How bowel movements are linked to immune system health and inflammation.

The significance of regular bowel movements and gut microbiome optimization for eczema patients.

The impact of diet on gut microbiome and how it can affect eczema symptoms.

The role of sugar and processed foods in exacerbating eczema and inflammation.

The benefits of a phytonutrient-rich diet for managing eczema and inflammation.

Why a meat-only diet may not be as beneficial as a phytonutrient-rich diet for eczema.

The connection between stress, trauma, and the onset of autoimmune inflammation and digestive dysfunction.

The importance of addressing unmet needs and obligations to manage stress and prevent inflammation.

How poor sleep patterns can contribute to increased inflammation and worsen eczema.

The role of exercise in reducing inflammation and promoting a healthy microbiome.

Adapting exercise routines to suit individual abilities for better eczema management.

The Mayan Community Clinic's approach to reversing the root causes of eczema without medication.

The significance of optimizing diet, digestion, sleep, stress, and exercise in managing eczema.

Encouraging viewers to like, share, and subscribe for more information on reversing eczema naturally.

Transcripts

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in this video we'll be exploring the top

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six mistakes that people suffering from

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eczema make and how to avoid them we

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will review some of my recent personal

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experiences working with eczema patients

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and how they handle their conditions

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properly useful info so stick around

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Oster slices in reversing inflammation

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caused by gut microbiome dysfunction my

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Approach called The Mind gut immunity

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method has helped thousands of patients

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overcome autoimmune disease and

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digestive dysfunction we can fix complex

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and severe conditions without medication

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this includes autoimmune inflammation

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and digestive dysfunction if you want to

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see how we do it and to see our actual

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success stories check out the link in

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the description or visit mgiclinic.com

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to request a discovery call now this

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talk will be focused primarily on eczema

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as you know I've had many people with

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eczema over the years reverse their

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symptoms and overcome inflammation

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without the use of medication but what

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makes these people special

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because many times when you go to the

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doctor you hear that eczema cannot be

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cured in fact they may just offer you

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tests some medications and creams and

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that's it I can tell you from my own

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personal experience dealing with

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inflammation that I was told a lot of

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things that simply weren't true so in

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this video I want to focus in on some of

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the biggest mistakes people make when

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they listen to the wrong advice for

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eczema and hopefully give you some

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perspective on how to achieve uncommon

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healing from eczema and reverse eczema

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for good alright let's get started what

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are the top six mistakes to avoid when

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you're addressing eczema number one

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ignoring bowel movements as you may be

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aware 70 to 80 percent of the immune

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system is contained in the gut it's

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called mucosa Associated lymphatic

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tissue or malt for short and it covers

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practically the entire digestive tract

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there is additional immune tissue in the

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spleen and the liver and even the mouth

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in the upper Airways have significant

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contributions typically when we see

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inflammation that can affect the entire

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our body whether it's the skin the

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joints nerves thyroid bowel salivary

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glands all of this inflammation

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including symptoms such as fatigue brain

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fog dry eye pain all of this

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inflammation originates and can get

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triggered from the GI tract the end

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organ that gets affected may be the

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brain the joints liver eyes salivary

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gland nerves skin thyroid or whatever

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and that's related to the specific

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disease so the end organ can be

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different but a pattern I tend to see is

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that the inflammation starts in the GI

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tract and this has been found to be true

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in various research studies there's a

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famous effort underway called the

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American gut project it's a Precision

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Nutrition and precision medicine project

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that is being conducted at some top

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level University Hospitals including

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University of California in San Diego

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they're able to predict the level of

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inflammation in the body including when

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somebody experiences exacerbation of

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symptoms they're able to predict this

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when it happens based on the stool that

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someone produces

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they basically analyze the Poo to figure

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out is this person about to develop

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worsening inflammation in the next

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several days to weeks which is all

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fascinating stuff to be able to predict

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what's going on several days in advance

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based just on what your stool shows so

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what does this mean for you in general

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when you're dealing with high amounts of

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inflammation in your body it has a lot

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to do with what's going on in your gut

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specifically which types of bacteria are

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in your gut how they digest food and how

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long these bacteria and their waste

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products remain in the intestines before

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exiting so how does this play out well

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for one it's important to have frequent

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regular bowel movements this seems

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obvious but for most people I work with

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this is a challenge they don't go every

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day or if they do they certainly do not

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empty all the way and this can be a

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problem second it's important for the

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gut microbiome to be optimized from a

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species standpoint I interpret a lot of

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advanced stool tests that look at the

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various populations of bacteria in their

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gut and funguses like candida we also

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look at the bacterial metabolites such

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as methane which you can see in sibo or

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IMO we also look at chemicals such as

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zonulin which you can see in leaky gut

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all of this data suggests that there is

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an overarching gut microbiome

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dysfunction and it's very important to

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introduce new healthier species to the

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system regularly and frequently to

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compete with the harmful microbes now

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it's my firm belief that if you conduct

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this type of advanced functional testing

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of the GI tract if you do this type of

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testing when you're inflamed everything

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turns out to be positive but if you

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repeat the test when the inflammation

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has resolved it tends to fall more in

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line with a normal range one limitation

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is that when you're inflamed let's say

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you get all these Advanced GI tests and

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you don't know where to focus your

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attention you may get obsessed with

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killing off candida or rating sibo with

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antibiotics or trying to fix leaky gut

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by using a bunch of supplements but if

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you think about it the main issue is not

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having regular bowel movements and if

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you don't fix this underlying issue this

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condition will return and can

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specifically cause autoimmune

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inflammation in addition to bowel

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movements it becomes Paramount that the

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diet helps support healthy microbial

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colonies and does not offset the balance

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of good versus bad microbes

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the intestinal system contains an

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ever-changing milieu of bacteria

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funguses and viruses some of these

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bacteria produce methane such as in the

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case in IMO sibo the specific subtype of

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bacteria is called archaeobacteria

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some of these bacteria also respond to

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antibiotics While others do not

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sometimes even healthy bacteria can be

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killed off by certain antibiotics and

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that's why you get conditions such as C

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difficile colitis

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C diff is when you have an overgrowth of

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clostridium bacteria in the GI tract and

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the reason this is important is the

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clostridium lays down a biofilm that

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prevents other good bacteria from

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growing in its place so when you get

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this condition it can be particularly

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challenging to get rid of if you don't

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know what you're doing the same is true

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for candida overgrowth sometimes you can

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have funguses that just take over and

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cause high amounts of histamine

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production here you see allergies hives

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brain fog bloating you can also see

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changes in the skin and the nails in

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addition to allergy symptoms such as

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post nasal drip and dry eye it turns out

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certain bacteria can also cause a spike

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in histamine levels and this is based on

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the type of diet that you're eating but

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also the type of bacteria that's in

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there and how long it's sitting there

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still on this topic one aspect that

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still gets ignored are viruses a lot of

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you probably know that viruses can

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infect human cells but did you know that

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they can also affect bacteria viruses

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are are capable of injecting their

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genetic code into bacteria directly and

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can contribute to the virulence of

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certain bacterial strains they can also

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contribute genes that produce resistance

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to certain antibiotics

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so funguses bacteria and viruses all

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contribute to the human microbiome and

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these microbes have their own genes and

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their own metabolism and their own

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growth patterns that can either support

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the human body or sometimes harm it and

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it's important to know that the waste

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products of fermentation histamine

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biofilms can all cause damage to the

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intestines and activate the immune

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system causing inflammation elsewhere in

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the body so given these challenges diet

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can play a major role in keeping certain

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beneficial microbes supported number two

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too much sugar and processed foods so I

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get this question a lot especially in

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the comments section of my videos I hear

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about how people have eliminated sugar

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and processed foods in their diet and

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that was enough to reverse their

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symptoms permanently and there's a lot

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of Truth to that there are several

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reasons why sugar and processed foods

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wreak havoc in the body for one they

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create gut microbiome dysfunction the

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sugar and the chemicals produce

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overgrowth of harmful bacteria in the

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gastrointestinal system in Upper Airways

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the result is that normal metabolism is

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negatively affected for example the

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metabolism of fatty acids in the

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presence of sugar creates harmful

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cholesterol derivatives like arachidonic

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acid and oxidizes tissue sugar and

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processed foods also increase the

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presence of a reactive oxygen species

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and activate enzymes such as fatty acid

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synthase hormone-sensitive lipase and

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peroxisome proliferator activating

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receptor gamma which can be further

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dysregulated by the consumption of

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processed foods in addition bacterial

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and fungus overgrowth due to sugar is a

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major and significant trigger of

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histamine production in the body like I

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said earlier excessive sugar intake can

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also activate pro-inflammatory Pathways

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such as NF Kappa beta triggering the

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release of even more inflammatory

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cytokines you may also remember from my

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other lectures that upon ingesting

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certain chemical additives the body can

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generate reactive oxygen species that

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cause damage to Cellular structures such

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as lipids proteins and DNA a the

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affected biochemical Pathways also

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include the activations of pro-oxygen

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enzymes such as nadph oxidase and

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xanthine oxidase and the inhibition of

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naturally protective antioxidants in the

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body such as superoxide dismutase

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catalase and glutathione peroxidase

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all this means is that excessive sugar

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and processed foods can cause harm and

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damage to tissues and severely limit

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natural repair mechanisms now you're

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probably wondering why not everyone why

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can some people consume carbs sugars and

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processed foods and have absolutely no

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problem and the answer is because

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they're not inflamed when the body does

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not have active inflammation it can

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normally handle these types of foods

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kids are a really good example of this

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assuming they don't have any type of

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inflammatory disease kids can consume

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large amounts of processed foods carbs

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sugars whatever and they'll be fine they

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may just be a bit hyperactive and then

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crash but they don't have the same kind

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of rip roaring inflammation as some

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people who have active immune

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inflammation and even in my clinic when

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people recover from their inflammatory

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diseases and they have been symptom-free

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for several months they can go back to

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eating some foods because the body is

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not triggered and it can handle these

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foods without an issue but when you are

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inflamed you cannot ignore the

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contributions of diet number three

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deficiencies in phytonutrients here's

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another topic that always comes up I'll

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always get some trolls in my videos

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talking about how paleo diets work and

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how carnivore diets fix every problem

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Under the Sun and this type of thinking

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has been around for quite a while

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remember the Atkins diet or even Weight

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Watchers the reasons these diets work is

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that they avoid sugar and process carbs

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mostly so most of the benefits of say a

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carnivore diet can be attributable to

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the low glycemic index of the foods

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themselves it also helps that the foods

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cannot ferment in the belly so there are

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some useful elements to these diets the

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problem however that I see is that a

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meat only diet is not as helpful as say

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a phytonutrient diet and I'll get into

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why in just a second typically when we

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talk about nutrition we look at the

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macronutrients phytonutrients are

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molecular compounds found primarily in

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plants and fungi that exert a strong

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positive influence on human health so

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remember I said earlier that avoiding

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sugar in processed carbs is important

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well most of the benefit that comes from

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paleo diets and carnivore diets are due

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to the low glycemic index of these diets

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they also don't have a lot of

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fermentable elements but the huge

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drawback and the reason these diets can

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create problems long term is that they

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are generally devoid of phytonutrients

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and there are eight main subgroups of

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phytonutrients that you should be aware

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of these include terpenes phenols

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chlorophyll thiocyanates phytoenzymes

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phyto oils prebiotics and alkaloids

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so imagine studying these phytonutrients

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in a systematic Manner and then putting

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them together into a diet plan well

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that's exactly what I did and it's

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called the phytonutrient diet or phyto

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diet for short and you can find the

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primer on Amazon just by searching my

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name in the phyto diet primer the phyto

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diet in my opinion provides a more

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useful framework for approaching food

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choices because meal plans are based on

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maximizing phytonutrients in the diet

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also it doesn't necessarily exclude meat

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or animal products so for everyone that

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thinks that it's a vegan or exclusively

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plant-based well you're wrong because

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there are plenty of plant-based foods

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that are unhealthy and can cause

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inflammatory diseases to worsen instead

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of looking at large classes of foods

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indiscriminately like plant-based or

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carnivore or animal based instead of

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assigning these wide overly broad labels

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to the diet I like to use phytonutrients

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as a way to judge whether food is

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helpful or harmful and I provide this

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framework to my clients when they're

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making their food choices

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it is very very important to customize

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parts of these diets to each individual

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to achieve the best results but we do

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see that the diet itself is capable of

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solving major illnesses because it

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supports healthy microbial colonies in

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the gut

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some of these slides that you just saw

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were from a talk that I gave at Stanford

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University on the topic of

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phytonutrition so this is an area that's

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getting a lot of attention a lot of

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press and I routinely get asked

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questions about my phyto diet and how it

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works number four ignoring stress and

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Trauma

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Canadian physician Gabor mate has

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famously stated that stress and Trauma

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are the root cause of autoimmune

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inflammation and digestive dysfunction

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in his book The Myth of normal he says

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that some authors believe that it's the

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main cause

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I can tell you from personal experience

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from working with clients that this is

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almost always the case I ask a few basic

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questions to screen for this I ask are

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there any unmet needs in your life unmet

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needs can include things like time spent

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in nature rest and relaxation sleep

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intimacy physical activity creative

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artistic expression opportunities to eat

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healthy food when I ask him about these

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unmet needs nearly everyone I speak to a

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hundred percent of the people I speak to

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have at least one or two now the

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follow-up question I ask is what is

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preventing you from fulfilling that

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unmet need and usually it's some type of

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obligation either they say I have to

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work or I have to care for my kids or an

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elderly relative or I have these social

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Financial family obligations so

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basically what this means is that they

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spend the majority of their day doing

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things that they have to do which means

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that they ignore their own needs and

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some of the things that they want to do

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they base their entire day on avoiding

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negative consequences and fulfilling

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their obligations and pleasing other

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people at their own expense and this can

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be dangerous

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so why is this called trauma it seems

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like what we just discussed is basically

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everyone in this world well Gabor mate

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differentiates trauma with a lowercase T

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small T trauma and Trauma with an

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uppercase t or Big T trauma Big T trauma

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can be things like abuse neglect

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physical assault or death of a loved one

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but small tea trauma can be from

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seemingly ordinary life experiences that

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slowly teach the individual to ignore

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and dissociate from their own needs and

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unfortunately many people even ones that

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are well adjusted and successful deal

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with this

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in the mind gut immunity Clinic we

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recently integrated a trauma and Stress

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Awareness tool that allows people to

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identify these issues and take action on

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them to see results quickly we also

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provide a supportive resource to help

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people achieve and overcome these issues

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in a reasonable time frame number five

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poor sleep now with regards to stress

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and unmet needs many people do not get

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proper restorative sleep their sleep may

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be interrupted or they wake up

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frequently

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and we have an entire module dedicated

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to optimizing sleep so that stress can

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be more easily managed throughout the

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day even one day of bad rest can lead to

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several days of increased inflammation

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so it's important that you do an

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inventory and really track how much

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restful sleep that you're getting people

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with poor sleep patterns have elevated

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inflammatory cytokines which makes

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autoimmune inflammation and digestive

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dysfunction worse number six sedentary

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lifestyle also along the theme of unmet

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needs lack of physical activity and

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exercise is a missed opportunity

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every time we exercise our bodies

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release cell signaling molecules and

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hormones that heal tissue these

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beneficial chemicals also block

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inflammation for example people that

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exercise regularly have lower levels of

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tnf alpha long term il-6 and tnf Alpha

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are cell signaling molecules you can

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measure in the blood that predict

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whether the body will have a

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dysfunctional response versus a healthy

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response in fact these cytokines are

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involved in a large number of chronic

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diseases in fact one of the most potent

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Inhibitors of tnf alpha is exercise and

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people with sedentary Lifestyles

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unfortunately have higher levels and

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here's a study that looks at just that

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not only that we also see that exercise

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helps promote a healthy microbiome and

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here's another study that looks at that

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you may be thinking with all that

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fatigue and sometimes with aching and

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pain how can you exercise and the answer

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is you adapt you create a training

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regimen that is personalized to your

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abilities and you stick with it

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consistently sometimes it's identifying

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abilities and expanding on a set of

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Maneuvers and motions that do not create

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a lot of stress on the joints or nerves

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sometimes it's slower more deliberate

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workouts to increase muscle tone

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usually when we see people in the clinic

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with limitations we work around them to

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help achieve success in the Mayan

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Community Clinic we believe in reversing

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the root causes of eczema to achieve

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lasting results we find solutions to

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inflammation without the use of

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medications and with the help of

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coaching and Expert Medical review we

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can dedicate real effort towards

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Improvement and specifically optimizing

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diet digestion sleep stress and exercise

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these are the major areas that

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