Ep 002 - From Drugs to Bugs
On this week’s episode of Heal Yourself Radio we’re talking to Dr. Grace Liu, a functional medicine expert with a doctorate in pharmacy. Her area of expertise involves the clinical applications of one of the hottest topics in science and medicine, the gut micro biome. This interview is full of great information about the importance of your gut bacteria, what foods to use to support it, and what to do if you’ve been on antibiotics. We also had a lot of fun talking about poop, whose poop Dr. Grace wants inside of her, and what might make my feces so interesting. It was a really fun interview, and I think you are all in for a little treat.
Going from drugs to bugs as a pharmacist 4:30
Designs for Health Supplements and Genova Diagnostics- 5:00
What are the best sources for replenishing your gut bacteria? 7:00
Diet to benefit the microbiota - 11:00
What’s Leaky Gut and what causes it? - 11:45
Addressing pain problems through diet - 12:55
The Gut-Brain Axis - 15:15
80% of serotonin is made in the gut. Getting Better sleep - 15:45
Dr. Grace’s Bionic Fiber - 16:29
Where Paleo is deficient? Cooked Resistant Starch and roots (Dicon, Conjac Root, foods rich in inulin and oligo saccharides) - 17:51
Bodybuilding - Gut bacteria (lactobacilli) make CLA and B-Vitamins - 18:54
Where Supplements alone fail - the double standard of processed food vs processed supplements - 19:40
Sanitation Hypothesis - Letting kids play in mud - getting dirt bacteria - Aobiome spray - aobiome.com - 21:20
The Asian Paleo experience — Rice, ginger, organic pork, grass fed beef 23:25
You’re on antibiotics - what now? - Take probiotics while you are on antibiotics. 2 hours later - 26:30
20,000 people per year C. Difficile symptoms which is caused by antibiotic usage -
Yeast-based probiotic - saccharomyces boulardii 29:08
Decisions that affect normal flora - C-Sections - 30:57
It’s not just DNA and culture that we pass on to our babies, it’s likely our microbiota too - 32:50
The biomechanics and biological consequences of C-Section - 33:30
Books:
Epidemic of Absence - Moises Velasquez-Manoff 35:23
Missing Microbes - Martin Blaser - 35:57
Fecal Transplants - the surprising history and efficacy of poop transplants - 37:34
Whose poop do you want inside of you? 41:16
The impact of antibiotics and what makes Dr. Chung’s poop interesting - 42:20
GMO’s and their impact on the gut - 44:31
Aris A, Leblanc S. Maternal and fetal exposure to pesticides associated to genetically modified foods in Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. Reprod Toxicol (2011), doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.02.004
Follow Dr. Grace:
thegutinstitute.com
Twitter: @gut_goddess
Blog: http://drbganimalpharm.blogspot.com/
Get Tested First - Genova diagnostics, American Gut, Ubiome, Great Plains
Probiotics are not for everyone - 7:05
Prescript-assist probiotic - Prescript-assist.com
Bacterides - species of flora
Dr. Jonathan Chung is a chiropractor with a focus on Structural Correction. He is the owner and clinical director of Keystone Chiropractic in in Wellington, Florida. His practice focuses on structural problems in the top of the neck known as the craniocervical junction and it’s impact on migraine headache, neurodegenerative disease and traumatic brain injury. Read more from Dr. Chung at his blog at chiropractorwellington.com/blog.
