This video, by Deb Ford, DCN RDN, explains Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and its common connections to SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) and candida overgrowth. She discusses that IBS is often a "garbage pail diagnosis" when no other clear cause is found and highlights the importance of finding the root cause rather than just treating symptoms. The video covers various causes like leaky gut, food intolerances, parasites, and stress, and offers dietary and lifestyle solutions including elimination diets and the "Four R's" protocol.
Key Takeaways
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common chronic gastrointestinal disorder with a wide range of symptoms like abdominal pain, gas, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea.
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IBS is often a "functional gastrointestinal disorder" where the GI tract isn't working right, but there's no apparent physical damage, leading to it being a 'garbage pail diagnosis' after other conditions are ruled out.
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Many IBS cases are undiagnosed, with estimates suggesting up to 25% of adults suffer from it, partly because people may think their digestive upsets are normal.
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Leaky gut, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), and yeast overgrowth (like candida) are major underlying causes of IBS symptoms.
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SIBO, an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine, is strongly linked to IBS, with some studies suggesting up to 78% of IBS patients test positive for it.
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Candida overgrowth, a yeast imbalance, causes similar IBS symptoms and is fueled by diets high in sugar, antibiotics, and stress.
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Food intolerances, allergies, and sensitivities are also common causes of IBS, and an elimination diet is a highly recommended method to identify problematic foods.
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The "Four R's" protocol – Remove, Repair, Restore, and Replace – is a holistic approach to address gut complications and rebalance gastrointestinal microbes.
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Managing stress is crucial for supporting digestive health, as high stress can worsen IBS complications, lengthen episodes, and decrease gut repair.
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Stomach acid-blocking medications can set you up for bacterial or fungal overgrowth, malabsorption of minerals, and negatively impact overall digestive function.
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irritable bowel syndrome which is
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ibs candida and and all sorts of
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digestive upsets and i'm going to give
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you some targeted tips on how you can
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improve it i'm going to give you a lot
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of information
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because it's been my experience
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that those of you who suffer from ibs or
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may be upset in your life like digestive
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issues as always
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i'm available one-on-one from consults
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but um
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you know you can always make an
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appointment on my website if you'd like
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to that's a great start but first we're
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going to cover the overarching general
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condition of ibs irritable bowel
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syndrome
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so ibs
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is really just a label common
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chronic gastrointestinal disorder you
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can have a lot of symptoms you can just
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have
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frequent abdominal pain gas bloating
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indigestion constipation diarrhea the
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symptoms and levels of severity are very
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very far-ranging a lot of individuality
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some can be really disabling some can
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just be irritating
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for some ibs can be mapping their whole
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day around public restrooms limiting
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their social life to avoid
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going to unfamiliar places and not going
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on
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trips because they don't know how their
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gut is going to react to the different
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foods they eat and they need to know
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where a bathroom is wherever they go
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just in case so you can imagine anxiety
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depression are also associated with ibs
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for some physical and also some real
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emotional reasons but you know you can't
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you can't underestimate that
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impact that it has on someone's life as
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well
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so
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doctors define
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ibs as a functional gastrointestinal
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disorder because the gi tract
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isn't functioning properly but there's
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no apparent damage there's no physical
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harm
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really no harm wrong all sorts of
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things really need to be addressed like
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the underlying cause you know so instead
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of the medical professionals they're
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just trained to medicate to alleviate
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symptoms a pill for an ill but
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unfortunately that doesn't solve the
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long-term problem it can be
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you know one of the causes of some
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long-term
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problems we want to know what's causing
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the upset because ibs is just a
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collection of different symptoms
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specific to each individual the root
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cause
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will also not likely be the same for
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everybody there are so many causes for
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the same disorder
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ignoring the diversity in this disorder
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is dangerous because leaving the
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underlying cause not treated it can
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escalate to more serious conditions like
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autoimmune conditions so like
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hippocrates said
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all disease begins in the gut how right
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he was so long ago
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so
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ibs is one of the most un one of the
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most common undiagnosed conditions in
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the united states in fact studies have
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shown that the prevalence of this
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disease range up to 25
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of adults that's one in four people
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we really don't know the accuracy of
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these figures because you know people
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think it's normal to have digestive
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upsets people write it off as like i'm
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just stressed out you know so it hits
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the gut regardless irritable bowel
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syndrome is the most common functional
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digestive disorder
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some reports estimate between 36
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and 96 million americans suffer from ibs
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sometime in their lifetime yet it is
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only a few that really get a proper
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diagnosis
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difficult to diagnose ibs is really
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diagnosed
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or labeled through the process of
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elimination in other words you get
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extensive lab testing and scoping
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diagnostic procedures you know if
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everything comes back normal
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or they're unable to accurately identify
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a diagnosable condition
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you know you're you've been scoped
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everywhere there is no diagnosis that
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can be made then it's just categorized
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as ibs sort of a garbage pail diagnosis
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it really doesn't mean what they already
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knew you've got a problem it isn't
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structural it isn't chemical the typical
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process is about symptom management
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symptom management versus undercover
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undercoat
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uncovering the true cause of the
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dysfunction we want to get at the root
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cause not just symptom management
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because the underlying cause
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is still there causing problems in the
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whole body
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so some of the diagnosis diagnostic
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tests that we run
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you know besides the very
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complete comprehensive medical history i
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mean that really needs to go back to
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your birth in your childhood but then we
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also want to review all your
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comprehensive blood tests you know
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especially one that has the sed rate
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maybe c-reactive protein you know it's
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going to be also maybe a comprehensive
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stool analysis a gi test that you know
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it's going to look at all the different
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family flora and the enzymes in the gut
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maybe we're going to do igg antibody
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testing maybe even breath bacterial
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tests there's just a whole bunch of
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tests that can be run
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because just like everybody's experience
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with ibs is highly individual the
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initial cause of the onset is also very
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individual it's you know ibs is not
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typically not formally diagnosed as an
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autoimmune disease but it shares some of
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the same risk factors potential causes
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and complications of the inflammatory
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conditions that we know today these are
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the same villains that we talk about
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every week but they're the same
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also the same characters on the set
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that's going to be leaky gut that's
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going to be poor diet that can be small
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intestinal bowel overgrowth that we're
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going to go into more in depth it can be
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yeast overgrowth we're going to go to
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more in depth it can be parasites it can
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be full food intolerances it can be
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antibiotic use like me that was on them
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for 10 years it could be toxic exposure
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who hasn't had a lot of that can be
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chronic infections
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underestimated
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the power of stress and psychological
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past traumas those are that's big
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hormonal issues genetics epigenetics all
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of these alone or in combination can be
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the active villains so now let's discuss
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some of these in greater detail
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so leaky gut you may want to go back and
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look at my webinar leaky gut solutions
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to go deep but just know that the gi
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tract is a selective barrier oh gosh
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one cell thick
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and it serves to prevent toxic
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substances from getting into the
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bloodstream you know getting right in
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there like undigested food particles
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toxins microbes and it's also the site
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for absorption of nutrients you know
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it's supposed to be selectively
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permeable allowing the good things in
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but keep the bad things out okay
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when it works right it's great however
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when these cells become damaged they
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begin to break apart they swell and that
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allows those particles to get into the
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bloodstream and when this happens the
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immune system attacks those substances
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because they're seen as invaders they've
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leaked into the circulation and they
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don't belong there so the results is
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systemic inflammation or what's known as
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leaky gut
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so many things can cause that leaky gut
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food intolerances infection stress age
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are all factors that can affect the guts
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permeability and integrity the best way
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to address leaky gut
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is to do the four r's that i'll talk
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about a little bit but we're going to be
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discussing those healing tactics a
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little bit later or you can go back to
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my webinar the leaky gut
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solution to go even deeper but next
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we're going to discuss a really common
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cause of ibs one that i have helped a
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lot of people through sibo small
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intestinal bowel overgrowth
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you know that it happens when you get an
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imbalance of gut bacteria or an
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overgrowth of bacteria and the small
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intestine too much bacteria in the small
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intestine where there should be little
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or
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none
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you know you can have bloating
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gas diarrhea or constipation abdominal
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pain especially right after eating it
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just starts to expand in there can have
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nausea fatigue is common
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more extreme cases the small intestinal
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stops absorbing nutrients you know it
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just like breaks down so when this
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happens you can experience malnutrition
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anemia
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some really good researchers started
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asking
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could people diagnosed with ibs really
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just have sibo
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well cedar sinai medical center tested
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whether bacterial overgrowth is
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associated with ibs and whether
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treatment of overgrowth would reduce
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intestinal complaints
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this study found that half the people
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almost 48
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who achieved successful eradication of
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sibo no longer had ibs but no difference
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was seen if sibo eradication wasn't
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successful then dr jerry dr gerald or
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jerry as we know mullen from john
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hopkins hospital who is an author along
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with some of my dietitian colleagues
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they wrote the integrative
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gastroenterology
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he suggests 78 percent of ibs patients
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test positive for sibo sibo
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is fueled by a diet heavy in sugar
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alcohol and reformed carbohydrates
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because that sibo bacteria thrives on
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those sugars and it's also caused by
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antibiotics acid blocking stomach drugs
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steroids that all is
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create an environment for that bacterial
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overgrowth can also be diagnosed with
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what i show you here um this is a breath
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test that is really going to be
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effective at giving us information on
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the bacterial activity in your body
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okay so that's also going to suggest the
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best treatment
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specifically for what you have so once
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diagnosed with sibo there's three routes
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that we can go
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prescriptive antibiotics ramoxifen
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and unfortunately that's associated with
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high recurrence number two herbal
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antimicrobials number three the
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elemental diet which basically just
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starts it out so the herbal
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antimicrobial sibo protocol is divided
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into two phases and i love this you got
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the kill phase you've got the rebuild
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phase during the kill phase there's a
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combination of herbal antimicrobials and
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specific anti probiotics specific
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probiotics that are used they're
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combined with the right diet to starve
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out that bacteria diet alone can be a
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significant impact on sibo before you
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combine that with the protocols and it's
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really good several diets one is the
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fodmaps diet and that stands for
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fermentable oligosaccharides
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disaccharides monosaccharides and
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polyols a lot of information here but
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the food plan the fodmaps diet limits
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carbohydrates that feed that bacteria
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those little bugs that don't belong
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there and can even lead to the release
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of histamines that can cause your immune
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system to go into overdrive that's my
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favorite approach but there are other
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similar diets like the specific
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carbohydrate diet
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s c d and then
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you know and that one is completely
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grain free low in sugar and lactose then
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there's the gaps diet that's the strict
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elimination that cut out all grains
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pasteurized dairy starchy vegetables
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refined carbs okay a lot of a lot of
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really good ones here each one a little
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bit different
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um
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and if one doesn't work try the other
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one
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unfortunately sibo is notoriously
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difficult to treat
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it has a lot of recurrence but there's a
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lot of things we can do to decrease the
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risk of recurrence usually dietary
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changes are essential to preventing
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relapse the most commonly used sibo
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diets are going to be low in the
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fermentables and that's going to reduce
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symptoms and decrease the potential
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overgrowth continued use of special
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probiotics that can also be used useful
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in preventing the recurrence of sibo
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sibo's kind of a toughie but it can be
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overcome
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next cause of ibs can be yeast
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overgrowth it's really similar to sibo
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in the sense that it causes a lot of the
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same ibs symptoms gas bloating
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constipation diarrhea but instead of
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bacteria it's yeast or fungus that's
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causing the overgrowth or the imbalance
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in the gut flora gut flora is always the
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first line of defense
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against all of it most common form of
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yeast overgrowth is candida candida is a
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type of fungus that we all have a little
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bit is present and that aids in
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digestion and nutrient absorption so you
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want a little bit of it however in
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excess candida contributes to the
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breakdown of that intestinal wall
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leaky gut complications like we talk
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about and that leads to
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all the problems specifically
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ibs symptoms candida feeds on sugar
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which puts most of the american
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population at risk due to the incredible
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increase in sugar in our food supply
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along with the antibiotics that are in
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our food supply and
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prescribed
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high stress levels contribute to it
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and hormone imbalances
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birth control pills even and of course
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diabetes where you've got high blood
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sugar level of
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sugar okay
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there are many signs your body may be
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suffering from candida
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because those little critters love sugar
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you're gonna crave sugar persistent
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intense
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cravings for processed carbs breads
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crackers granola bars pasta alcohol
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pastries
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brain fog anxiety depression mood sprays
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swings irritability vaginal yeast
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infections with itching and swelling and
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discharge poor focus and concentration
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developing more and more food
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sensitivities or intolerance tolerance a
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white coated tongue other digestive
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issues skin issues lots of rashes itchy
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ears low libido unexplained exhaustion
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skin or nail fungal infections canker
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sores flu-like symptoms sinus infection
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as you can tell
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we got a low-grade epidemic going here
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worsening of symptoms for this is going
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to happen in a cold damp environment
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human environment to incur two
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environments conditions that encourage
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candida to spread and grow and that's
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going to aggravate your symptoms so
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overgrowth of candida is associated with
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all of those digestive issues but also
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ulcerated colitis crohn's disease skin
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problems like eczema
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neurological like autism
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fibromyalgia and maybe even cancer
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researchers have known for sure for
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years that certain bacterial and viral
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infections
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can cause several types of cancer
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current research is examining the link
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between cancer and fungal overgrowth and
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many believe there is a connection
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between cancer and candida
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both cancer and candida feed on sugar
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both grow and reproduce in anaerobic or
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low in oxygen environments both need an
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acidic environment to survive
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dr simoncini from italy states that
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candida is found in 97 to 98 of
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cancerous tumors in humans so the
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anti-candida diet low sugar diet is key
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but some supplements may help you know
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you've got coconut oil that contains
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lauric acid and caprylic acid that can
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effectively kill off harmful bacteria
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milk thistle is important vitamin c is
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important then you've got some essential
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oils like clove and oregano and lavender
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and myrrh great options to help
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bentonite clay draws out impurities and
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sucks them up
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special probiotic supplements can also
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reduce candida growth and protect
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against infections
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good bacteria is your first line of
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defense against yeast that's why often
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you get a yeast infection after you've
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taken antibiotics you know they're going
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to kill off the good guys as well as the
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bad so lactobacillus acidophilus and
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bifidobacteria
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are both well-researched and shown to
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enhance immune function and reduce
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the duration of candida overgrowth okay
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so those are biggies now quickly
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parasites can also be at the cause of
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ibs and are much more common than a lot
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of people consider you know you may
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think that you know if you don't travel
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to
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foreign countries where you're at high
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risk you don't have to worry about it
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but in fact
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you know you may get it from the
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imported food at your local grocery
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store yeah
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you know since they're usually ingested
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our strong stomach acid usually kills
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them but if you're on stomach meds maybe
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not so much or if your stomach acid
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isn't so good maybe not so much long
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story short parasites can lead to lots
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of harmful
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things and need to be eradicated garlic
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is great wormwood also called artemisia
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are two of my favorite herbs to use
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okay
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another common cause of ibs food
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intolerances allergies and sensitivities
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they can be really hard to detect
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for several reasons
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number one you may suffer from more than
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one
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number two the elimination lab testing
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takes a significant amount of time and
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money and labs vary
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and then not everybody reacts the same
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to food
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sensitivities can give you a lot of
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different problems food intolerance can
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really easily be misinterpreted luckily
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there are several ways to test if you're
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suffering from food allergies or
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intolerances
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but up next i'm going to go into detail
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on a couple of them
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so
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igg
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is the most abundant antibody in the
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whole body it's found to work in all the
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body's fluids and it works as a
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protective mechanism
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in the digestive tract against bacterial
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and viral infections so
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high levels of these antibodies in the
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blood can be an incredible tool to
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indicate adverse food reactions
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you know these methods may not be
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available to everyone which is why i
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love a comprehensive elimination diet
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so what is the elimination diet
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i often recommend it because it refers
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to the process
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of just eliminating
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foods common foods that may be
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sabotaging your health you know you can
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refer back to my webinar
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i did a whole hour on it but in a
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nutshell the elimination diet takes
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about three weeks
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to get rid of everything that your body
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may be reacting to essentially your body
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is kind of bringing it back to a blank
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slate so that diet wise then you can
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begin to reintroduce each food group
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individually this gives you the
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opportunity to really recognize how each
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food makes you feel
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common food offenders as far as ibs food
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intolerance and digestive distress
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includes
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probably what most people's diet is
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common things like dairy
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all dairy gluten products soy
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corn eggs refined sugar peanuts red meat
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alcohol caffeine
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hydrogenated processed oils
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packaged food processed food you know
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all the stuff that maybe that's your
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whole diet you know but don't worry
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there are plenty of foods you can eat
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during the three-week elimination diet
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if you listen to my webinar elimination
23:30
diet made simple it's on my website
23:32
debford.com
23:34
it goes into it in depth gives you a lot
23:37
of ideas on what you can eat and
23:40
simplifies the whole thing for you
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okey doke
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so
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the do's and don't and last advised
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otherwise the following foods are safe
23:51
and encouraged to consume during the
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elimination diet
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all the gluten-free grains so typically
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rice and quinoa and amaranth and tapioca
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buckwheat and tef
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not the ones you see in the regular
24:04
grocery but also dairy substitutes
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almond milk coconut milk hemp milk rice
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milk all the vegetables except corn and
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potatoes all the fruits
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not canned but fresh frozen or water
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packed i i like to stay away from all
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the canned ones though lean and clean
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animal protein so you've got wild game
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you've got lamb you've got organic
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chicken free range
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fresh wild caught fish
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nuts and seeds
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beans most legumes except soybeans and
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peanuts good high quality oils coconut
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avocado
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extra virgin olive oil all the herbal
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teas
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sweeteners in moderation i like monk
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fruit stevia and then all your spices so
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many good things so you know during the
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introduction phase reintroduction phase
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it's really important to pay attention
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to how you feel when you add each food
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in
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so
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this is done by one by one adding the
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foods in for up to four days at a time
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you pick one food to introduce into your
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diet
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and you take note of how it makes you
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feel over the next few days it can be
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any change physical mental and emotional
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all of these areas are affected by the
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gut i have some of my clients that have
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recovered from mood disorders using the
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elimination diet to figure out the
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problem food you know your gut makes up
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more serotonin than your brain
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then okay so then you keep adding these
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foods in same process again over the
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next few days if you didn't notice
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anything then keep that in your diet and
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reintroduce something else you know
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continue all these steps
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until the remaining
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foods have been challenged you know
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any seem to cause any problem for the
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worse stop eating them and wait for
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those symptoms to subside before
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continuing the process you know i have
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so many people that feel so good doing
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the elimination diet they don't want to
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go back to adding them back in but i can
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tell you what i tell them you come this
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far
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you don't want to stop now
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be sure to allow adequate time for both
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the elimination and the reintroduction
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phase to ensure you receive the most
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accurate results
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okay so we're going to
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go through
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the
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four r's like i promised because it's
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going to highlight the four r's
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so you want to administer the four r's
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so that you really can reverse gut
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complications rebalance the
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gastrointestinal microbes you know it's
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really an incredible tool to uncover and
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treat health issues dysfunctions
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imbalances and personal health needs
26:55
okay so the first r is remove the
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problem eliminate those foods those
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toxins those low-grade infections and
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the oxidative stress that means all of
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it you know it goes without saying but
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if you're sitting on three tacks and you
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only remove one are you gonna feel
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better no you gotta remove everything
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that can be causing gut
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disturbances then we're going to repair
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repair
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you know you're going to reintroduce the
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clean diet and maybe some essential
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nutrients your body needs to repair them
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third thing you're going to restore the
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flora putting in those special pre and
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probiotics to restore the flora then
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you're going to replace anything that
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you may be missing digestive enzymes
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antioxidants vitamins minerals you know
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all those things that are going to
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promote sustained healthy digestion you
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know as a functional nutrition
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practitioner i was trained in this
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protocol and enthusiastic about making
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sure your individual needs are addressed
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during the process but these probiotics
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are live bacteria that promote a healthy
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balance throughout the digestive tract
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they can be from food you know you can
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get coconut yogurt and kefir but
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sauerkraut tempeh
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miso kimchi
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pickles
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prebiotics pre are like the fiber it's
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like what you have to have so that the
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probiotics can grow so that kind of is
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fertilizer or food
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for the probiotics they're they're
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what's needed to help them thrive it's
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like the dirt the soil they grow in so
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prebiotics you're going to find those in
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varied foods but really all the
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vegetables artichoke gun and garlic
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onions asparagus apples legumes
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okay and then digestive enzymes
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are also
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really important you know if your
28:56
stomach is not working right it's not
28:59
going to set everything else up so
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according to a study published in 1999
29:04
taking just digestive enzymes after a
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meal
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reduced a lot of the discomfort people
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feel from ibs like gas and bloating and
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uncomfortable fullness so a good full
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spectrum digestive enzyme another study
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in 2011 showed ibs patients reacted to
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digestive enzymes so much better than
29:26
the placebo you know they they really
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help with the gas the bloating get that
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stomach and everything else working
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right and digesting properly um
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everything's going to work better
29:40
there are some important nutrients that
29:43
those suffering from ibs may need
29:46
because of long-term inflammation and
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they may be
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lacking some important things so a good
29:52
multivitamin is going to cover a lot of
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them but you definitely need fiber so
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even if you are drinking juices to help
29:59
you detoxify you need to add some fiber
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in there um maybe some omega-3s maybe
30:05
extra calcium magnesium maybe nac or
30:08
n-acetyl cysteine of glutathione
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precursor
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maybe a little melatonin if you're not
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sleeping maybe green tea extract egcg
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maybe peppermint oil
30:18
of course everybody's needs are
30:20
different so it's important maybe to get
30:22
some nutritional testing done so you
30:24
know what your specific supplemental
30:27
needs are
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but when
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we're exposed to so many toxins
30:33
on a regular basis it builds up in our
30:36
system
30:37
it not only affects our immune system
30:40
but it also affects our digestive
30:42
functions you know your liver is
30:45
so busy taking care of those toxins
30:46
maybe it can't make the bile flow
30:48
properly and it may deplete our body's
30:50
ability to heal
30:52
so you know we need to do a lot of
30:55
detoxification and we need to avoid a
30:58
lot of toxin exposure like pesticides in
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the food air pollution water pollution
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and toxic chemicals in your household
31:06
products or cosmetics
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an important ways to practice prevention
31:11
and detoxification is drinking enough
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pure water
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just hydration is really important so
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you might want to have a good water
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filter
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there's a lot of different ones out
31:22
there most everybody can afford or
31:25
budget in a good reverse osmosis but air
31:28
purifiers exercising help get you gets
31:31
rid of toxins and then make sure that
31:33
you check out the environmental working
31:36
groups website
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ewg.org very helpful and they also have
31:40
a real handy app that you can put on
31:43
your phone so last
31:45
certainly not least
31:47
stress relief managing stress is
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probably the single most important thing
31:52
you can do to support
31:55
optimize and sustain health
31:57
studies support that a higher stress
32:02
increases ibs complication it aggravates
32:05
symptoms it lengthens the time of
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episodes and decreases the rate of
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repair and increases digestive damage so
32:13
as the gut and central nervous system
32:16
are closely related i mean it's that gut
32:18
brain connection the second brain is
32:20
right here
32:21
incredibly important for you to find
32:24
stress management techniques that work
32:27
for you you know you might be deep
32:29
breathing
32:32
exercise yoga massage
32:36
meditation
32:38
gratitude you can't be stressed when
32:41
you're thinking about things you're
32:42
grateful for maybe creating art maybe
32:45
spending time with loved ones
32:48
spending time outdoors
32:50
aromatherapy and so many more but boy
32:54
you got to think about how you manage
32:57
stress how you avoid how you would
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eliminate a lot of it
33:01
i've got a lot of resources that um
33:05
you know if you want the whole list just
33:06
let me know most all have been published
33:09
from the national institute of health on
33:10
this well researched
33:12
solid research no no absolute wubu stuff
33:16
it is what you need to know
33:19
so we've got the resources so
33:22
that's it in a nutshell thanks for
33:24
taking time to experience the webinar
33:27
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33:29
can tell i'm really passionate about
33:31
teaching health and healing and how to
33:34
transform
33:36
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33:38
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33:40
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33:43
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33:46
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33:50
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33:52
learned something that will help you or
33:54
someone you love you know and you can
33:56
always share this information to
33:59
everybody you love that you think may be
34:01
having some digestive issues you know i
34:04
want you to know there is help there is
34:08
hope don't ever give up you know if you
34:11
feel like you need support in this
34:12
journey don't hesitate to reach out for
34:15
help
34:16
my 12-week program covers the process
34:19
completely you know the 12-week
34:21
rejuvenation that's what we do
34:24
and um
34:25
it is my pleasure to serve it's why i
34:28
study all this stuff i mean i can't
34:30
possibly need it all you know but i i
34:32
need to be able to share it it kind of
34:34
keeps things going
34:35
so i did have a couple of questions come
34:38
in
34:38
uh so let's look here so one of them
34:42
okay
34:43
so i am on
34:45
those stomach medications that you
34:47
talked about so okay i'm assuming that
34:50
is probably
34:51
protonix or prilosec or or something
34:54
like that anything that turns down your
34:58
stomach acid
35:00
is going to set you up for bacterial
35:03
overgrowth in the gut or fungal
35:05
overgrowth in the gut so sibo
35:08
fimo
35:10
you know the the stomach needs to be
35:12
acid
35:14
that kills off parasites you know back
35:16
in the day we were living out in the
35:19
wilds a lot and we were exposed to a lot
35:21
of things so stomach acid
35:24
does a lot of good things besides
35:25
killing off parasites it also starts the
35:28
protein digestive process
35:30
as that
35:32
stomach content digested partially gets
35:36
moved down into the small intestine
35:39
it is very acid and it needs to be acid
35:42
because all your minerals are absorbed
35:44
at an acid ph
35:46
so
35:48
magnesium and calcium and iodine and
35:51
phosphorus i mean you name it
35:53
all of the enzymes or all of the
35:56
nutrients are absorbed in an acid ph
35:59
that even also as that moves its way
36:02
down to the gallbladder the gallbladder
36:05
is triggered to release bile so it
36:07
doesn't get thick and sludgy and form
36:09
cold stones it's triggered to release
36:11
bile based on the acidity
36:14
and the fat in the the digestive tract
36:17
so you can see if that stomach acid is
36:20
turned down you're being set up for
36:22
malabsorption of all your minerals
36:26
as a side thing what else that does is
36:29
the pancreas
36:31
is triggered to release bicarbonate
36:35
that neutralizes the acid that's in the
36:39
digestive tract so the pancreas releases
36:42
the bicarbonate to alkalize that
36:45
if
36:46
it doesn't
36:48
and your body remains acid the contents
36:51
are a little bit acid
36:53
your body
36:55
has an essential backup system for that
36:58
acidity because
37:01
if your bloodstream goes a little acid
37:04
or a little alkaline
37:06
it's fatal so there is a lot of backup
37:10
there so what is the biggest source of
37:12
alkalizing
37:14
factors is going to be the calcium from
37:17
the bones so if your stomach is not
37:20
working right not only are you not
37:22
absorbing
37:23
but your body is using the calcium from
37:26
the bones to neutralize the acidity okay
37:29
not a good thing so you see so much goes
37:32
back to having stomach acidity so any
37:36
nutritionist that understood what was
37:38
going on when we started taking all
37:40
these acid blocking things had a fit
37:43
when they started giving them to babies
37:44
it's just like horrible you're just
37:47
setting somebody up
37:48
so we want to if somebody has a stomach
37:51
problem
37:52
we want to figure out what's going on
37:54
there if you read the insert that's only
37:58
recommended for a few weeks at a time
38:00
not for years at a time and definitely
38:02
not over the counter for somebody just
38:04
take every day you know we want to get
38:07
at why we have a stomach that is not
38:10
working right okay that is like really
38:13
important because that's that is the
38:15
first thing
38:17
that needs to be corrected for
38:19
vitality and health okay so have another
38:23
question here
38:25
okay i was on antibiotics for a long
38:28
time what can i do how join the club i
38:31
was on antibiotics for about 10 years as
38:33
a kid kidney bladder infections as a
38:36
youngster
38:38
oh boy set me up for so many things
38:40
that's why i am here for you okay so we
38:44
need to go on a rebuilding regime
38:49
when i have done
38:51
comprehensive gut tests on people
38:54
and oh my gosh
38:56
i just want to throw
38:58
all sorts of pills
39:00
at these people thinking that that is
39:03
what we need to do
39:05
and i consult with the lab
39:09
that have phds that have only studied
39:12
gut health they know a thing or two
39:15
oh my gosh they say no you have to
39:18
rebuild
39:19
by using food
39:22
so we need to
39:24
add in
39:26
vegetables
39:27
vegetable fiber and if you can't take
39:30
vegetable fiber then you start out with
39:33
what you can eat
39:34
and you cook the rest you know you may
39:38
have to cook the soup the vegetable soup
39:40
so that fibers is pretty much broken
39:43
down but some of it's still going to be
39:45
there to nourish the microbes in the gut
39:48
that is what feeds those little microbes
39:51
the fiber in the vegetables then that
39:54
fiber it ferments and that nourishes the
39:58
gut okay
39:59
so if you have
40:02
killed off all those good microbes
40:06
set yourself up for all sorts of
40:09
bowel issues we need to restore
40:12
that those gut microbes so getting on a
40:16
good diet number one and then to
40:19
supplement the good diet with
40:21
supplemental probiotics and you can do
40:24
that some food some sauerkraut some
40:26
kimchi
40:27
some kefir all those things but also a
40:30
wide full spectrum
40:33
high potency probiotic a lot of good
40:36
ones out there my favorite is um
40:38
metagenics they have some great formulas
40:41
but then also um
40:43
not only that but also we have uh now
40:46
products that's a really good one
40:47
they've got a real nice one for women as
40:50
well both companies do that if you have
40:52
a tendency towards yeast infections this
40:54
knocks it out of the park okay gerd um
40:57
what kind of cutting covered that
40:59
already um
41:00
with the stomach meds that turn that
41:02
down so gerd
41:04
protonix all those stomach meds there is
41:07
a reason why you have gerd and it's
41:08
usually a food sensitivity um when i was
41:12
doing so much of the elimination diet in
41:14
a weight loss program i did
41:17
it was like
41:18
nobody had
41:19
gerd after the first two weeks of a no
41:22
grain diet okay so a little hint that
41:25
you might want to try out
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Combating IBS, SIBO, and Candida
Deb Ford DCN RDN
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Oct 27, 2021
41:27
Irritable Bowel Syndrome often referred to as IBS, is a very common chronic gastrointestinal disorder. It is really not a diagnosis as much as a label for a condition that has no known cause. You can suffer from extreme abdominal pain, gas, bloating, indigestion, diarrhea and/or constipation. Research suggests that IBS may be effectively relieved by treating SIBO (small intestinal bowel overgrowth) or Candida through diet and natural antimicrobials.