The Gut-Energy Connection

Sick And Tired Of Being Sick And Tired? How To Reclaim Your Energy | This episode is brought to you by Paleovalley, ButcherBox, and Four Sigmatic

We have an energy crisis on our hands. I’m not talking about fossil fuels, I’m talking about a breakdown of the body’s internal energy systems that now affects even young adults in their prime. It might surprise you to learn that it’s not normal to feel tired all the time. Our on-the-go culture has made it the norm. But when we take a look at how the body’s mitochondria function (these are our tiny but powerful cellular energy factories) we see that so much of our modern lives is damaging our mitochondria and resulting in this energy deficit. 

I’m so excited to talk to Dr. Steven Gundry about this topic on this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy. Dr. Steven Gundry is one of the world’s top cardiothoracic surgeons and a pioneer in nutrition, as well as medical director at The International Heart and Lung Institute Center for Restorative Medicine. He has spent the last two decades studying the microbiome and now helps patients use diet and nutrition as a key form of treatment. He is author of many New York Times bestselling books including The Plant Paradox, and The Plant Paradox Cookbook, and The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age, and just released The Energy Paradox: What to Do When Your Get-Up-and-Go Has Got Up and Gone. He also is the founder of GundryMD, a line of wellness products and supplements, and host of The Dr. Gundry Podcast.

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Here are more of the details from our interview: 

• The two main actionable drivers causing our fatigue (6:39)

• Brain fog is a warning sign (10:47)

• How our overuse of antibiotics drives fatigue (13:14)

• Glyphosate’s negative effects on our energy production (15:53)

• Environmental toxins and our health (20:16)

• Common OTC drugs that can lead to inflammation, leaky gut, and more (27:14)

• The mitochondria-gut connection (30:54)

• The effects of being overfed and underpowered (37:54)

• The Energy Paradox’s dos and don’ts of eating (41:41)

• How blue light (or “junk light”) is affecting our energy and why getting a dog is good for your health (49:09)

Get a copy of Dr. Gundry’s new book, The Energy Paradox: What to Do When Your Get-Up-and Go Has Got Up and Gone here.

Learn more about Dr. Gundry at https://drgundry.com/ and follow him on Facebook @DrStevenGundry, on Instagram @DrStevenGundry, and on Twitter @DrGundry.