Defiant Health Radio with Dr. William Davis

In this episode of Defiant Health, I ask the question: Is your skin aging faster than it should? If you are engaging in conventional ideas about diet, it probably is. But there are indeed strategies you can adopt that slow or even reverse signs of skin aging.Those of you who are concerned about skin health and appearance likely engage in applying products externally, products such as retinol or hyaluronic acid serums for smoother, moister skin. But wouldn’t it be better to view skin as the outward reflection of internal health? Because it is. If you are inflamed, it will show on the skin. If you have liver or kidney problems, it will show on the skin. Wouldn’t it therefore be better to address internal health first? Or do both: obtain healthier skin that reflects better internal health complemented by your topical efforts. Because, after all, applying products topically does not make you or your skin healthier; it just generates an outward change in appearance.Many of you following my conversations are making yogurt (not really yogurt, of course, nothing like the products sold in stores) making yogurt with Lactobacillus reuteri, a microbe lost by nearly all modern people. Many of you have reported wonderful skin effects, as well as other health benefits such as increased strength, deeper sleep, increased libido, increased sense of well-being. Many report increased skin moisture sufficient to reduce or do away with moisturizing creams, and reduction of fine wrinkles. So this got me thinking about the power of replacing other factors lacking or absent from modern life that might influence skin health and appearance. So, in this episode of Defiant Health, let’s talk about other factors lacking in modern life that you can replace for improved skin health. This was also my motivation for creating the Gut to Glow product that I personally formulated that I will tell you more about. Dr. Davis is a co-founder and principal in Realize Therapeutics Corp. that sells the Gut to Glow product. L reuteri yogurt recipe:https://drdavisinfinitehealth.com/201...The L reuteri yogurt recipe and many other recipes that you can use to replace lost microbes can be found in my new book, Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight available through Amazon and other book retailers:Support the showYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WilliamDavisMD Blog: WilliamDavisMD.com Membership website for two-way Zoom group meetings: InnerCircle.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed

You have likely observed that humans, especially overweight humans, come in a variety of shapes and sizes. We all know that excess body fat is not a good thing for health, nor for self esteem. But where fat is distributed on the body plays a big role in whether excess fat increases risk for conditions such as type 2 diabetes, coronary disease, stroke, cancer, cognitive decline, dementia, and premature death—or whether it is only a cosmetic issue and a challenge to weight-bearing joints but not for all the common chronic conditions mentioned. Doctors often rely on a measure called the body-mass index, or BMI. BMI is obtained through a simple calculation (or referring to a table that lists BMIs) of height divided by weight. A BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is considered normal, overweight is 25 to 29.9, over 30 is obese. But BMI suffers from a fundamental flaw: It assumes that body fat is distributed uniformly throughout the body which, of course, it is not. They also rely on total weight which also does not necessarily give you any real health insights. So let’s talk about how you can do better than the doctor to make determinations about whether the fat on your body is interfering with your health and longevity or whether it is not.________________________________________________________________________________________________Get your Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, and low-carb snack bars:Use the coupon code "Defiant" for an additional 15% discount. Go to this pageon the Paleovalley website, enter the code and the discount will be automatically applied to your order.They are currently offering a 12% discount that continues for life for their Wild Pastures grass-fed, grass-finished beef and pastured chicken and pork! Go herefor more information.*Dr. Davis and his organization are financially compensated for supporting Paleovalley and their products. ________________________________________________________________________________________________More about my new book, Super Gut: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight:https://www.wheatbellyblog.com/super-gut/For more information on Dr. Davis’ programs:Books:Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose WeightSupport the showYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WilliamDavisMD Blog: WilliamDavisMD.com Membership website for two-way Zoom group meetings: InnerCircle.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed

In this episode of the Defiant Health podcast, let’s talk about this destructive thing in the human diet called wheat. Those of you familiar with my Wheat Belly books may know a lot of this already and this will just serve as a reminder to help you stay on course and preserve the health and slenderness you achieved. I’m always impressed that, because TV ads, misinformed dietitians, and other dietary conversations all urge you to consume grains, it’s easy to become complacent, often forgetting how your health improved by banishing all wheat and grains. If this is new to you, be prepared to be surprised, even angered, by coming to understand what a toxic, chronic poison modern wheat is, this thing created by crude genetic manipulations, and its destructive effects on your health. In the early days of my Wheat Belly message, some people dismissed it as nothing more than promoting a gluten-free diet, or another version of a low-carb diet. But I believe that, once you hear the full arguments based on scientific evidence, you will come to understand the magnitude of mistake made when humans first began to incorporate the seeds of grasses—that’s what wheat is—-into the human diet and the enormous impact it has on health, despite being advised by virtually all agencies in the business of offering dietary advice to include it in every meal, every day.__________________________________________________________________________Get your Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, and low-carb snack bars:Use the coupon code "Defiant" for an additional 15% discount. Go to this page on the Paleovalley website, enter the code and the discount will be automatically applied to your order.They are currently offering a 12% discount that continues for life for their Wild Pastures grass-fed, grass-finished beef and pastured chicken and pork! Go here for more information.*Dr. Davis and his organization are financially compensated for supporting Paleovalley and their products. ________________________________________________________________________________More about my new book, Super Gut: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight:https://www.wheatbellyblog.com/super-gut/For more information on Dr. Davis’ programs:Books:Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose WeightSupport the showYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WilliamDavisMD Blog: WilliamDavisMD.com Membership website for two-way Zoom group meetings: InnerCircle.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed

In this episode of the Defiant Health podcast, let me tell you about five things cardiologists will not tell you about heart health. Having practiced cardiology for 25 years, I learned what works and what does not work to prevent heart disease. Sadly, follow conventional health and diet advice from cardiologists and other doctors and you are following a recipe for developing heart disease, as well as type 2 diabetes, weight gain, fatty liver, and numerous other health conditions. Did you catch that? I’ll say it again: conventional diet and health advice CAUSES heart disease and other common health conditions. Think of it: more than 80 million Americans now take statin drugs to reduce cholesterol. That must mean that heart disease, conditions like heart attack and sudden cardiac death, are declining—-but they’re not. Heart centers that deliver procedures like coronary angioplasty, stent implantation, and implantation of defibrillators are as busy as ever. After all, heart disease is the #1 money maker for hospitals. It means that heart disease is big business, a business driven by greed and the need to grow the business. It is most certainly not based on delivering health and prevention of heart disease. Given all that, what are you NOT being told by cardiologists and doctors? So let’s discuss that question in this episode of Defiant Health.AIRE device for breath H2 testingSIBO Yogurt from my DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com blog ______________________________________________________________________________________Get your Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, and low-carb snack bars:Use the coupon code "Defiant" for an additional 15% discount. Go to this pageon the Paleovalley website, enter the code and the discount will be automatically applied to your order.They are currently offering a 12% discount that continues for life for their Wild Pastures grass-fed, grass-finished beef and pastured chicken and pork! Go herefor more information.*Dr. Davis and his organization are financially compensated for supporting Paleovalley and their products. ______________________________________________________________________________________For more information or to order Oxyceutics Gut to Glow, go to the Gut to Glow website. Enter code "DEFIANT” for 15% off your order. ______________________________________________________________________________________For more information on Dr. Davis’ programs:Books:Support the showYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WilliamDavisMD Blog: WilliamDavisMD.com Membership website for two-way Zoom group meetings: InnerCircle.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed

In this episode of Defiant Health, I’d like to talk about the unique oral skin health product I formulated called Gut to Glow.Some of you may know that, in addition to writing books, speaking, and supporting my programs, I have also taken on the role of Chief Medical Officer for a company called Realize Therapeutics that I co-founded, created to commercialize some of the concepts that I have developed. Those of you following my Lactobacillus reuteri yogurt discussions know that we are witnessing some interesting effects on skin, sleep, appetite, and libido. But some people have trouble making the yogurt, or find it inconvenient, or find it difficult to keep up making the yogurt while traveling, and asked for a easier, more convenient way to get L. reuteri. So I formulated a probiotic capsule with high counts of the microbe. But I went  further and added additional ingredients to make it even better and more effective. So let’s talk about this formulation that we call Gut to Glow that, I believe, provides major advantages for skin, and remarkably, overall health.Oxyceutics Gut to Glow--Enter code "DEFIANT” for 15% off your orderBioGaia GastrusMaking L. reuteri yogurt from my DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com blog ______________________________________________________________________________________Get your Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, and low-carb snack bars:Use the coupon code "Defiant" for an additional 15% discount. Go to this pageon the Paleovalley website, enter the code and the discount will be automatically applied to your order.They are currently offering a 12% discount that continues for life for their Wild Pastures grass-fed, grass-finished beef and pastured chicken and pork! Go herefor more information.*Dr. Davis and his organization are financially compensated for supporting Paleovalley and their products. ______________________________________________________________________________________For more information or to order Oxyceutics Gut to Glow, go to the Gut to Glow website.______________________________________________________________________________________For more information on Dr. Davis’ programs:Books:SuSupport the showYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WilliamDavisMD Blog: WilliamDavisMD.com Membership website for two-way Zoom group meetings: InnerCircle.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed

There are a number of factors that drive aging. Among the most important are inflammation, insulin resistance, glycation, endotoxemia, and hormonal senescence, in addition to genetically programmed factors. We cannot, of course, influence genetically determined factors. But we have enormous control over the other factors. The sad truth is that a conventional diet and modern healthcare advice accelerate aging via these mechanisms. Just look around you the next time you’re in a supermarket or mall—-do you see slender, vibrant, vigorous people who look younger than their years? Or do you see overweight, tired, people who look beaten down by life, older than their chronological age? If you want to impact the rate at which you age you therefore have to reject much conventional wisdom and adopt strategies that are somewhat unconventional. So let’s discuss the factors that you have control over that influence the rate at which you age. I believe that some pretty spectacular results are achievable that will cause the people around you to ask “What are you doing to look so good?______________________________________________________________________________________Get your Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, and low-carb snack bars:Use the coupon code "Defiant" for an additional 15% discount. Go to this pageon the Paleovalley website, enter the code and the discount will be automatically applied to your order.They are currently offering a 12% discount that continues for life for their Wild Pastures grass-fed, grass-finished beef and pastured chicken and pork! Go herefor more information.*Dr. Davis and his organization are financially compensated for supporting Paleovalley and their products. ______________________________________________________________________________________For more information or to order Oxyceutics Gut to Glow, go to the Gut to Glow website.______________________________________________________________________________________For more information on Dr. Davis’ programs:Books:Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose WeightWheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight aSupport the showYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WilliamDavisMD Blog: WilliamDavisMD.com Membership website for two-way Zoom group meetings: InnerCircle.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed

In this episode of Defiant Health, I’ve brought empowerment strategist JJ Flizanes back for a second interview. Because JJ brings such high energy and unique wisdom to emotional issues—issues that I do not discuss much at all—that I thought it would be helpful to everyone to bring her back on. JJ has a varied background as an actress, personal trainer, and now as a coach on behavior, helping people find their weak spots, behaviors or beliefs that block their success in health, weight loss, relationships and other spheres of life. Although I know that my programs, whether you call it Wheat Belly, Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox, Undoctored, or my most recent umbrella program, DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com and the Super Gut book, although I know that my programs work, they don’t always work for everybody. Some people start, but don’t follow through. Other engage in the programs intermittently and therefore don’t obtain full benefit. Other start strong, obtain huge benefits, then oddly give up. In other words, some people, despite the best of intentions, self-sabotage, even when the answers are easily within reach. And it’s often the case that this is part of a long-term pattern of self-sabotage, of knowing how to accomplish something but not giving it your all or just giving up. I therefore wanted to bring JJ back to discuss emotional healing. She focuses specifically on how to identify what she calls “core wounds,” events or people in your past that continue to influence current behavior. JJ also has a panel of strategies she puts to work to change or eliminate these behaviors. What I especially like about JJ’s approach is that she doesn’t waste time, asking you to engage in years of therapy, but to devote just a few hours, a few sessions to gain insight into your behavior and discover new solutions. For more on JJ Flizanes, go to her website and podcasts. ______________________________________________________________________________________Get your Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, and low-carb snack bars:Use the coupon code "Defiant" for an additional 15% discount. Go to this pageon the Paleovalley website, enter the code and the discount will be automatically applied to your order.They are currently offering a 12% discount that continues for life for their Wild Pastures grass-fed, grass-finished beef and pastured chicken and pork! Go herefor more information.*Dr. Davis and his organization are financially compensated for supporting Paleovalley and their products. ___Support the showYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WilliamDavisMD Blog: WilliamDavisMD.com Membership website for two-way Zoom group meetings: InnerCircle.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed

There is no shortage of silly advice on how to reduce sugar cravings, the seemingly irresistible desire for something sweet. “Eat just a little,” “Combine sweets with other foods,” “Get more protein” or other advice dominates this conversation. This advice is ineffective and makes no physiological sense.Yet it is possible to completely ablate this impulse, turn it off entirely and put you back in the driver’s seat of appetite. But it requires some unconventional thinking that, I hope, you have come to expect from the discussions I provide. In this episode of Defiant Health, I shall therefore share 4 strategies that each dramatically reduce your desire for sugary foods and, when combined, can completely free you from such impulses. ______________________________________________________________________________________Get your Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, and low-carb snack bars:Use the coupon code "Defiant" for an additional 15% discount. Go to this page on the Paleovalley website, enter the code and the discount will be automatically applied to your order.They are currently offering a 12% discount that continues for life for their Wild Pastures grass-fed, grass-finished beef and pastured chicken and pork! Go here for more information.*Dr. Davis and his organization are financially compensated for supporting Paleovalley and their products. ______________________________________________________________________________________For more information or to order Oxyceutics Gut to Glow, go to the Gut to Glow website.______________________________________________________________________________________For more information on Dr. Davis’ programs:Books:Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose WeightWheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded editionWheat Belly 10-Day Grain DetoxWheat Belly 30-Minute (Or Less!) CookbookUndoctored: Why Health Care Has Failed You and How You Can Become Smarter Than Your DoctorOnline media:Dr. Davis' Infinite Health Blog: www.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.comSupport the showYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WilliamDavisMD Blog: WilliamDavisMD.com Membership website for two-way Zoom group meetings: InnerCircle.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed

I’ve previously discussed this important micronutrient, iodine, but I fear the message has not gotten through to many people. So let’s tackle it again, highlighting just what a huge public health problem iodine deficiency was for most of human history until recently. Now, due to misguided modern dietary advice, deficiency of this important micronutrient is making a comeback and, with it, thyroid problems and all the associated challenges that accompany a failing thyroid gland.To view some images of goiters throughout human history, as depicted in numerous pieces of artwork, see my recent DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com blog post. _______________________________________________________________________________________Get your Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, and low-carb snack bars:Use the coupon code "Defiant" for an additional 15% discount. Go to this pageon the Paleovalley website, enter the code and the discount will be automatically applied to your order.They are currently offering a 12% discount that continues for life for their Wild Pastures grass-fed, grass-finished beef and pastured chicken and pork! Go here for more information.*Dr. Davis and his organization are financially compensated for supporting Paleovalley and their products. ______________________________________________________________________________________For more information or to order Oxyceutics Gut to Glow, go to the Gut to Glow website.______________________________________________________________________________________For more information on Dr. Davis’ programs:Books:Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose WeightWheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded editionWheat Belly 10-Day Grain DetoxWheat Belly 30-Minute (Or Less!) CookbookUndoctored: Why Health Care Has Failed You and How You Can Become Smarter Than Your DoctorOnline media:Dr. Davis' Infinite Health Blog: www.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.comSupport the showYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WilliamDavisMD Blog: WilliamDavisMD.com Membership website for two-way Zoom group meetings: InnerCircle.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed

In this episode of Defiant Health, I interview Oklahoma dentist, health and wellness coach, and advocate of managing the oral microbiome, Dr. Debbie Ozment. I met Dr. Ozment during one of my two-way weekly video meetups on my DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com where she provided a presentation on the oral microbiome. I was impressed with her tremendous command of this area that drives home the message that oral health and the oral microbiome are major determinants of overall health. She discusses, for instance, how the oral microbe Porphyromonas gingivalis plays a role in Alzheimer’s dementia, and Fusobacterium from the gums is proving to be a major cause for colon cancer---all factors you are able to address. I believe you will find Dr. Ozment’s interview informative and enlightening.About Dr. OzmentA graduate of Oklahoma University College of Dentistry, she served as adjunct faculty there for seven years. Dr. Ozment completed a Masters' degree in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine from the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and is a Diplomate with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Trained at Mayo Clinic, she is a Nationally Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach.Dr. Ozment's websiteDr. Ozment's TED TalkVitality Made Simple Podcast on Apple PodcastsGUM Picks______________________________________________________________________________________Get your Paleovalley discount on fermented grass-fed beef sticks, Bone Broth Collagen, and low-carb snack bars:Use the coupon code "Defiant" for an additional 15% discount. Go to this page on the Paleovalley website, enter the code and the discount will be automatically applied to your order.They are currently offering a 12% discount that continues for life for their Wild Pastures grass-fed, grass-finished beef and pastured chicken and pork! Go herefor more information.*Dr. Davis and his organization are financially compensated for supporting Paleovalley and their products. ______________________________________________________________________________________For more information on Dr. Davis’ programs:Books:Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose WeightWheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the WeiSupport the showYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WilliamDavisMD Blog: WilliamDavisMD.com Membership website for two-way Zoom group meetings: InnerCircle.DrDavisInfiniteHealth.com Books: Super Gut: The 4-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health; revised & expanded ed