This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Thrive Market, and Pendulum.

The number-one reason people visit the doctor is problems with the gut. Not only do gut issues impair gut function, making life miserable, but they also are a contributing factor to many serious conditions such as cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, and more.

In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host, Dhru Purohit, about the three biggest contributing factors to compromised gut health. We discuss the importance of looking at gut function, the top foods that typically cause gut problems, and the top substances that support healing the gut.

Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top 50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset.

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In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

Three main things that destroy your gut health (4:11 / 1:00)
Diving into dysbiosis (8:18 / 5:00)
Microbiome testing and gut-health evaluation (13:12 / 10:00)
Toxins that harm the gut (16:48 / 13:34)
How and why stress is bad for your gut (21:45 / 17:18)
My personal gut-health story (26:16 / 21:44)
Best and worst things for your gut (29:15 / 24:45)
Questions from our community, including constipation and heartburn (31:57 / 27:44)

Mentioned in this episode:

An Epidemic of Absence by Moises Velasquez-Manoff

Missing Microbes by Martin J. Blaser, MD

Breaking the Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall

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