Strong By Design Podcast Ep 40 Optimize Your Gut Health with Wade Lightheart from BiOptimizers
Gastrointestinal diseases are still prevalent and according to statistics, as of 2018 22% of the adult population in the US suffered from it. Do you want to know why and how you can avoid it? On today’s episode, Coach Chris talks with Wade Lightheart, author, athlete, and President of BiOptimizers, a digestive health company. They delve into the digestion process and the causes of the common gastrointestinal problems and how to prevent them. Wade shares the important role of enzymes and probiotics to our gut health. Tune in and find out how you can make not only your gut healthy but your whole body as well.
“Humans are the ONLY species on the planet that eats enzyme-deficient food... We have to make more enzymes in our body to break down the food that we are eating.”
-Wade Lightheart
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Time Stamps:
01:35 Three transformative events in Wade’s life, how he started in bodybuilding, joined Mr. Universe and got sick afterward
04:59 How Wade recovered from his sickness, went back to bodybuilding better than before and made it his goal to share to the world how he improves his health and his performance
08:52 Why is gut health or digestion very important, what happens to the food that we ate and what are the causes of gastrointestinal-related disorder like indigestion and heartburn
17:54 Reasons why you're diet is not working for you and how you can know if your diet is doing you good or not - plus how the bad bacteria thrive inside our body
20:06 The important aspect of the digestion process, why it changes when you get old and the importance of probiotics and enzymes to a healthy gut and body
26:52 All about probiotics - the good bacteria- their role in our body, how we have forgotten about them or disrupt their production that led to a lot of our diseases, and are probiotic drinks or chocolate bars really effective
32:45 The Navy Seals of probiotics (the P3-OM) which fights the bad bacteria and make you more resilient against diseases, what makes it the superior probiotics and how it can make your gut and your whole body healthy - plus how it can also use to help cancer patients
45:02 Why Wade and his partner built BiOptimizers, a di
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