455: Fix Your Microbiome to Lose Weight and Age in Reverse | Dr. William Davis
The Jesse Chappus Show
The Importance of Fermented Foods
Jesse Davis: The science is maturing. There's a husband wife team out at Stanford, Erica and Justin Sonnenberg. They compared the power of frequent consumption of fermented foods. Most people in North America stopped fermenting their food when refrigerators became affordable.
Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/drwilliamdavis455
Dr. William Davis (IG: @drdavisinfinitehealth) is a renowned preventive cardiologist and author of the groundbreaking #1 New York Times bestseller Wheat Belly. He's also written three other New York Times bestsellers and several other books including Undoctored, which is the book we discussed the first time he was on the show.
Today we're chatting about Dr. Davis' latest book, Super Gut and his new approach to gut health. This strategy not only gets to the root of many diseases, but also improves levels of oxytocin (the hormone of love and empathy) & brain health + promotes anti-aging and weight loss.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Dr. Davis' fascination with gut health
- Defining SIBO, SIFO and dysbiosis
- How microbes & LPS can enter the bloodstream
- Signs & symptoms of SIBO
- 2 herbal antibiotic recommendations to treat SIBO
- Treating SIBO with good bacteria
- Dr. Davis' L. reuteri fermented yogurt
- Paying attention to probiotic species & strains
- Lactobacillus reuteri releases the hormone oxytocin
- The disappearance of L. reuteri over the years
- What are keystone species? + Ways to restore them
- The secret to making fermented yogurt at home
- Ideally, mom will expose baby to Bifidobacterium infantis
- The probiotic of the future
- Fermented foods vs. prebiotic fibers
- Dr. Davis' "love dream"
- The overuse of antibiotics
- The tragedy of statin drugs
- How to minimize the damage of antibiotics
- Dr. Davis' fermented cider recipe
- Machine recommendations for making fermented yogurt
- Prebiotic fiber recommendations
- SIBO & prebiotic fiber
- How much prebiotic fiber should you consume?
- Raw white potato is a great source of prebiotic fiber
- Tips to avoid the recurrence of SIBO
- Treating SIFO (fungus) with supplements
- Die-off reactions + supplements to help tame them
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Related links:
Dr. William Davis - Super Gut (book)
Follow Dr. William Davis on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Dr. William Davis - Undoctored (book)
Dr. William Davis - Wheat Belly (book)
Listen to Dr. William Davis previously on TUHP (episode #153)
Evivo Baby Probiotic - Bifidobacterium Infantis EVC001
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