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Building a Healthy Gut | Dr Will Bulsiewicz

The Proof with Simon Hill

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How Can We Maintain Healthy Gut Bacteria?

The key here is that we evolved to have a relationship with these bacteria and that evolution occurred over millions of years. During the third trimester of pregnancy, mom's gut bacteria start to change so she can carry more weight on her hips and her butt because she's carrying the baby in the front. Mom will develop bacteria in the gut that are designed to harvest energy similar to someone who has type 2 diabetes. This is an important part of evolutionary history that a child has been given the opportunity to pass through the birth canal and receive those bacteria. If you go from zero when they're born where they're almost sterile to by the time they are two to three years old, they have a fully

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