This video, from Deb Ford DCN RDN, explains the importance of good bacteria, called probiotics, for our overall health. It discusses how probiotics impact various body systems, from the gut to the brain, and why maintaining a healthy microbiome is crucial. The video also provides five key ways to improve digestive health, including dietary fiber, prebiotics, fermented foods, monitoring medications, and considering probiotic supplements, with specific product recommendations.
Key Takeaways
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Probiotics, which are live microorganisms or good bacteria, are vital for living vigorously and maintaining overall health, especially given the overuse of sanitizers that kill off both good and bad bacteria.
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Our bodies contain ten times more bacteria than human cells, and these microbes, too small to see without a microscope, contribute significantly to human health and wellness, with specific microbiomes existing in various body parts like the skin, brain, lungs, and organs.
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Probiotics can impact every aspect of health by being targeted to specific areas of the body, such as the nasal passages for respiratory health, the gastrointestinal tract for nutrient absorption, and the vaginal tract for immune health.
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Maintaining a healthy digestive tract is fundamental for overall health because it affects the production of essential metabolic switches and can influence immunity, mood, skin health, and inflammation.
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Increasing dietary fiber intake is crucial for promoting diversity and stability of gut bacteria, with recommended daily intakes of 25 grams for women and 38 grams for men, obtainable from fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and whole grains.
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Prebiotics, which are specific fibers that fuel beneficial gut bacteria, can be found in foods like inulin, dandelion greens, garlic, onions, and psyllium, helping to produce beneficial compounds and suppress bad bacteria.
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Incorporating fermented foods such as kefir, sauerkraut, miso, kimchi, and yogurt into your diet can introduce beneficial bacteria, though it's important to note that store-bought options may not always be the best due to heat sensitivity.
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It is important to monitor medications like antibiotics and laxatives, as they can negatively impact the gut microbiome, and discussions with a healthcare provider or pharmacist are recommended.
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Probiotic supplements can be beneficial when the diet is imbalanced or there's an increased need, but it's crucial to choose high-quality, research-backed supplements that are specific to your health goals, such as Metagenics UltraFlora Control for weight management or UltraFlora Women's for recurrent UTIs.
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good morning and welcome to another
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edition of today's nutrition we look at
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what is new in research what's hot in
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the news or any subject that can help us
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lose weight feel great or live longer
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better today it's going to be about bugs
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good bugs the world of probiotics and
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how crucial they are for us to live
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vigorously very important now especially
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since we've probably overused
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sanitizers that killed off all the good
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guys while at the same time eradicating
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the bad ones but it may also be playing
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a part in why everybody is getting sick
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these days sicker than ever a little
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cold can end up with pneumonia we may
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not have the microbiome to keep us
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strong so first you know I'm going to
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talk about probiotics but what are they
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well it's a great question they're
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bacteria and you know your body contains
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10 times more bacteria than it does
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human cells that's a lot figure one
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figure one finger to 10 fingers human
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cells are so
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outnumbered probiotics are these live
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microorganisms bacteria that benefit our
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health they are alive that's why we keep
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them in the
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refrigerator and you know when we take
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in these good bacteria they have effects
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over the whole
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microbiome they naturally live on our
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bodies and inside us these are microbes
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that are so small that they require a
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microscope to see them and they
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contribute big ways to human health and
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wellness and all of these little micro
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microbiomes are all around the body your
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skin has its own your brain has its own
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yes your brain has its own microbiome
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your lungs your sinuses even your organs
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have their own specific
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microbiome that's really specific to
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that tissue so you see probiotics may
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impact every facet of Health it's
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amazing that when you take it in you eat
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these bacteria they are targeted by
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compounds in your gut and then channeled
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to the area where they normally are
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present to the lungs to the brain to the
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skin you know they're they go where
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they're supposed to go because they've
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been targeted they're so important they
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are targeted to the nasal and the the
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sinuses to help respiratory Health the
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gastrointestinal Health to help with
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nutrient absorption and just digestive
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comfort and the vaginal and neurog
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genital tract okay and then of course
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for the immune Health we coexist with
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bacteria throughout the environment and
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we always have since the beginning of
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time in fact our very
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mitochondria that energize our cells are
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bacteria in
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origin now that's something to ponder
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our mitochondria aren't even human you
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know I'll let you figure that one out
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and then we're going to talk about the
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implications of that some other time but
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today I'm going to talk about the five
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ways to improve Digestive Health with
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pre and
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probiotics because you know they're
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important and then I'm going to tell you
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about my favorite ones because whatever
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your health goal if you don't have great
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Digestive Health you don't have much of
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a chance of being healthy because in
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2024 there are so many things that are
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affecting our digestive tract whether
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you've had to take steroids whether you
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drink alcohol you had to take insides
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anti-inflammatories certain drugs Foods
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we eat and how they're grown and sprayed
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and well like that's another show but
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Tylenol stress IVF all these challenge
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the digestive tract
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lining and we've got to make sure these
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probiotics have a good gut home the gut
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has to be intact so if the gut isn't
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healthy the lining won't even make
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proteins and peptides like they should
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you hear about glp1 cck pyy those
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metabolic switches you know you can't
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make them in the quantity you should
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maybe you're hungry all the time maybe
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that's why maybe you need a probiotic
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tuneup or if you're worried about your
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immunity maybe you need a probiotic
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tuneup so here are the five ways to
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support healthy bacteria
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you know you probably don't pay too much
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attention to your gut unless you've got
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unwanted symptoms like diarrhea or
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constipation or cramping but what about
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during cold and flu season did you ever
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think about strengthening your immune
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system How about if you've got a bad
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mood you're depressed you're anxious How
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about if your skin has rashes or if you
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have acne how about autoimmune disease
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overall
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inflammation your gut may be the key to
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healthy Harmony to get the most out of
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this harmonious relationship and to
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promote immune resilience there are five
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ways that you can pay attention to your
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gut and be assured that the bugs can
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live and thrive in there so number one
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increase dietary fiber Americans diets
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are notoriously low in fiber diets high
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in fiber
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promote diversity and stability of gut
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bacteria two things that are essential
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and you've got two classes of fiber
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soluble and INF fiber insoluble fiber
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and you need both the National Academy
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of Medicine suggests 25 gram of fiber
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for women 38 for men every day so food
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choices are the best fruits vegetables
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seeds nuts whole grains not flour I love
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food but sometimes a fiber supplement is
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necessary and that can be used to
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support your dietary intake and I like
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psyllium and that kind of plays into the
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second thing we need to know about is
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prebiotics prebiotics are some of these
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fibers that are broken down more by the
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bacteria
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and used to make beneficial compounds
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like berate that support our gut and
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immune Health you know
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prebiotics are very targeted at fueling
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the gut bacteria you know they promote
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the good guys and they suppress the bad
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guys so dietary sources inulin you'll
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see that on a lot of labels that's from
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CH root you can also make a tea out of
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that
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dandelion greens garlics onions leaks
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asparagus green bananas
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especially burdock root kidney beans
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oats lentils and barley psyllium is a
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wonderful Prebiotic fiber it is so good
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it's one of my favorites it's so
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inexpensive absorbs excess cholesterol
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absorbs excess sugar feeds the good
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bacteria gets rid of toxins keeps
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feeling keeps you feeling full I love it
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in smoothies or a protein shake and your
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digestion will be marvelous third thing
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fermented foods
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fermentation you know we've used that
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forever to preserve food so kefir
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sauerkraut miso Tempa kimchi natto
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yogurt even fermented veggies you know
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it's real sensitive to heat so most most
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of those sold in the grocery they're not
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the best but you might want to
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experiment with making your own YouTube
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has some great demonstrations also
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number four monitor your medications
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there's a lot of them that may be
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impacting the gut microbiome antibiotics
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laxatives mirax all of those so discuss
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it with your pharmacist or healthc care
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provider number five might want to
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consider a probiotic supplement you know
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sometimes these are needed if the diets
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kind of imbalanced or if we have an
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increased need and not all probiotic
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supplements are created equal research
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is
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evolving really fast so let's talk about
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some
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specifics sacko marcies myces bardi or
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we call it es bardi you can see why may
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be needed if you're on semi glutide or
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metformin at higher doses because
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sometimes the side effects are loose
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stool and diarrhea it is not just for
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anymore so we love sacris bardi and I
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love
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metagenics fabulous company professional
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brand a little bit more of an investment
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but I still say cut back on the dose but
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not quality if you can only take it
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twice a week and that fits the budget
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you're better off taking a quality
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supplement than a poor quality one that
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doesn't have good research only
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marketing
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you know and I'm going to talk about
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several ones here because you've got to
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have the right tool you know if you need
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a hammer for the nail or a screwdriver
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for a screw you know you need different
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tools for different needs okay so we
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need to have lots of different ones in
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our toolbox metagenics so quality
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freshness effective safe great studies
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with existing science works great uh lab
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tested and on people when you see the
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label on metagenics you're going to see
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numbers behind each probiotic because
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that's because they only use the ones
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that are researched and proven to work
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the first one I'm going to tell you
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about is meta kids it's the kids
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probiotic it's got some really good ones
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that are important to provide a healthy
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intestinal environment they've got the L
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acidophilus
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ncfm and b lactus b io7 that's what I
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mean you've got the numbers you've got
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the specific strains in there and
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they're delicious chewable ones Noel
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says gives it five stars and they have
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made a huge difference in our
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six-year-old within a week no complaints
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of tummy aches anymore then the second
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one I love and my little grandson has
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been on it it's called meta kids baby
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probiotic you know formulated extensive
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research clinically effective lots of
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testing on this because you know babies
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are born with totally leaky guts and we
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need for their Digestive and immune
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Health we got to have be right on top of
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it the third one ultraflor Spectrum it's
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got seven different strains in there
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high quality for gut and immune Health
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it's upper and lower GI both it has the
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esarity so if somebody's eating a lot
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out of sugar maybe they've had some
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problems with yeast this may be the one
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bifid oatis lactus B io7 uh plantarum
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with numbers salvaris with numbers um
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thermophilus lactus
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bo4 love it it is so good then we've got
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the women's ultraflora probiotic for
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women's specific needs four out of five
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women reported improvements taking it I
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love it for recurrent UTI yeast or
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bacterial problems it really supports
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long-term balance safe long-term and it
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it really is good for getting the pH
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back where it belongs so the bacterial
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balance is restored keeping you more
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resilient so this is has the rosis gr1
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and the ruteri
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rc14 fixes the environment so the
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problem doesn't come back that's really
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important so you know in transition
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States when the hormones may be really
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whacky pregnancy menopause premenopause
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you got it may be really helpful then
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Ultra floral balance that's the fifth
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one it's kind of for overall well-being
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good bacteria it's got the really
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important ones so margerie says on this
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one love this product take it regularly
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it helps so much with my skin my
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digestion mental Clarity bloating Etc I
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can't live without it exclamation point
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then the sixth one ultraflora IB IB for
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irritable bow constipation or
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diarrhea occasional distress it's been
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tested it's it's dairyfree which is
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important used to address
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gastrointestinal symptoms discomfort
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bloating cramping and urgency Angela
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says this is the best probiotic I have
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ever used it puts the other dozens I
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have tried to shame I generally only
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have to take it once in the morning now
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okay then they've got number seven their
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immune booster so it's really targeted
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at nasal sinus and respiratory it's got
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the parak um quesi and lactobacillus
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plantarum with the heel nine in it um
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and then number eight probably our best
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Sellar Ultra Flora
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control it it's been designed for
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helping to manage weight it's got that
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beaus
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420 that has for decades I watched it
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for weight management and it has been
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proven to reduce waist size control
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abdominal fat that visceral fat
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supporting weight management it is so
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good and I tell you when we first
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started caring ing it within days people
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were calling me and saying that their
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diarrhea that they'd had for years was
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gone and that's because they found out
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probably a lot because of my feedback
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they found out that it builds acrania
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muciniphila and that heals the gut
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lining I love it for weight loss for
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just getting the gut back in health
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that's probably why it's our best seller
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it's just really good so there you go
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thanks for listening to another edition
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of today's nutrition I hope it helped
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you or someone you love you can listen
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to this or other shows on my website
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de.com on YouTube or any place you
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listen to podcasts if you'd like to work
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with me my greatest pleasure is working
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with people to reverse their health
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problems one of the quotes from my last
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group includes I feel like I got my life
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back pretty good huh so have a great day
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I hope I'll see you soon take care
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Deb Ford DCN RDN
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Oct 30, 2024
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We coexist with bacteria throughout the environment and always have. Since the beginning of time. In fact, our very mitochondria that energize our body are bacteria in origin. Now that is something to ponder. I’ll let you figure that one out and we can talk about the implications some time but today I am going to talk about 5 ways to improve digestive health with pre and probiotics and then tell you about my favorites ones. Whatever your health goal- you can’t have it if your digestive health isn’t top notch.