WEBVTT - Is Your Gut Making You Sick? 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.720 Hey, fam, I'm Jada Pinkett Smith and this is the 0:00:02.759 --> 0:00:06.120 Red Table Pop podcast, all your favorite episodes from the 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:10.239 Facebook Watch show in audio produced by Westbrook Audio and 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.360 I Heart Radio. Please don't forget to rate and review 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:17.040 on Apple podcasts on this Red Table Talk. We've had 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:23.480 digestive issues for years, loading, nausea, weight issues. Is your 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:27.840 gut making you sick? What to eat? What to avoid? 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:31.800 And the one test you need to get cheat on 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:37.159 little Pope, the ultimate gut makeover, sticking cameras and your booty. 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:43.919 This is really eye opening. All right, here we are, 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:48.479 We're back business. We sure are guts show and a 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:51.519 perfect time for Jaden to come back, you know, co 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:54.600 host with us. I'm back, y'all. I'm back back in 0:00:54.720 --> 0:01:00.480 effect to talk about what some good stuff I had 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:03.280 to come back. Jaden is back at the table to 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:06.040 talk about a problem that we all share, the three 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:09.800 of us actually, that we hope we can resolve once 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:13.360 and for all. Like seventy million other Americans, we've had 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:18.280 digestive issues for years. Yeah, this has been a real problem. Yeah, 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:20.560 what do you think your number one gut problem is 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:26.119 floating and kind of a nondescriptive discomfort. It's not pain. 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:30.560 See that's me kind of nauseous, just not feeling good. 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:34.000 I would say my number one gut issue is no 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:37.640 appetite and discomfort when I eat, so I just rather 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:41.880 not eat. I'm very food sensitive, you really are. If 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.480 I put one thing in there that's not supposed to 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:48.600 be there, I am tote down. My biggest gut problem 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:52.560 would be like just not being hungry when I need 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:57.640 to be, or being stressed. Pain pain to I do 0:01:57.720 --> 0:01:59.560 have pain. I eat so much sugar that I have 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:01.560 a candy to build up that happens in my stomach. 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:04.720 Is that from the pancakes. It's not necessarily from the pancakes, 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.800 but it's from this series, is Jaden. This is just 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.160 to let the audience know Jaden has been eating pancakes 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:14.360 for breakfast every day since he was a child. He 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:17.400 doesn't this a day, just doing that for literally the past, 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:20.440 like just my entire freaking life for twenty three years. 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.399 I feel like it's just built up for a long time. 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:25.720 Do you feel better from the last time we did 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.520 the Family Health Show? Yeah, I definitely do. I was 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:32.240 able to work with the doctors and really, um get 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:37.000 my vitamins and different supplements and protein shakes, and that's 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.080 half of my diet. It's like a password that I 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:40.799 have to find to my body. And I'm like ten 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:44.000 pounds heavier now at this point, and I feel like 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:46.280 I'm keeping on my weight. I'm able to put on 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:49.639 more muscle, and you forda on boking up your body. 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:52.880 Oh yeah. Since then, that's definitely been a big thing. 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.320 And that was a long way from where I was 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:58.320 when I was at Coachella, where I just was just 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:02.800 like just phones. I thought it was so tight. I 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:06.880 thought I was so dyet. I was like this, I'm 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:08.919 swagging on this, like I need to take off my 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:13.720 shirt right now, Like, well, you were just trying to 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.840 figure it out, yea. So on our quest to figure 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.120 out our gut issues game and I went to the 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:25.040 hospital for some important procedures. My first colonoscopy is not 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:31.080 your first. Where is mine. I'm hungry as hell, I'm cranky, yes, thirsty, 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:37.480 I'm dehydrated exactly, tired, freaking tired and all of that, 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:41.760 all of the above. I gotta get camera up my tail. 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.640 I'm actually passed you from my colton oscarpy because I 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:53.720 should have gotten one when I turned sick. I don't 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:56.440 know why I didn't. So you're eight years late, gamp. 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:02.800 I just won't be clear. You're eight years late. All right. 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:10.480 Well it was busy. You're busy for eight years, all right. 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:15.800 It was it was tough yesterday, open one, clear liquids 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:20.000 all today. So I'm tired, I'm hungry, um, and now 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:26.279 I got to drink this prep So did Dolly, Miss Molly. Wait. 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:29.599 I just couldn't get it. I was like, I looked 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:33.919 at it. It wasn't when the count and I was 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:39.240 just looking at it. I was like, girl, I'll tell 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:43.039 you what they talked about cleans. They need to sell 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:47.600 that stuff. When I tell you, I got nothing left. Yeah, 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:51.119 My stool was just clear water. Just it was coming 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.080 out the water and it was clear. Yeah, And it 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:57.280 was running out like like a fountain. And I had 0:04:57.279 --> 0:05:00.919 a bunch of zooms. I was like at a punch 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:12.280 of room yesterday. Thank you, chet. Okay, here we go. Hi, 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.000 how are you? My name is Kimberly. I'm gonna be 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:18.240 your nurse getting you're ready for your procedure today. Thank you. 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:20.320 I'm gonna give you some privacy. You have to go 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:23.280 down to your birthday suit. Okay, just birthday suit. I 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:27.000 think good Lesson was in a hospital this one night 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:33.240 cake birth to little Geez. Alright, I love your mama, 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.279 I love your game. I'll see you. Okay, when you're done, 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:42.160 we're gonna go over here. Number five. Okay, I'm gonna 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:46.320 take your temperature. Any chance you could be pregnant? Hell no, 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:53.680 I heard it's not your first rodeo you had. Okayet 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:58.440 a little pope read you want to keep? Yeah? Are 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:02.920 you having any pain right now? M So, you're gonna 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:05.560 do a colonoscopy spy for X. You're sleep during the 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.240 entire procedure, and then they'll go ahead and put the 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:11.040 scope and and just kind of check to see what's 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:14.559 going on. It's necessary. They'll take biopsies at that time. 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:28.920 All right, see you on the other side. It's really 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:39.680 easy to as so lax kind to say, Adrian, you're 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:44.000 in recovery, but I feel great. I know I'm still high. 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:50.160 I get that, you know what I mean. Just kind 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:52.560 of monitor your bottle signs while you're waking up from 0:06:52.600 --> 0:07:00.560 the anesthesia, Okay, sticking cameras and your booty. You know, 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:06.600 that's a little that's a little cumbersome, you know, for 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:09.760 a moment, I have a bit of a panic when 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.640 I when I first started, I was just like, I 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:18.720 got scared. And I think for African American communities who 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:25.280 have life, we have so much distrust in the medical process. 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.240 You lecture about the African American community while you were 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:34.880 and that was really smooth. But I just want people 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:42.640 to know that it was a very easeful process. I 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:46.240 feel good and I feel extra good because I'm on 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:52.040 the other side. Are you anything okay, okay, so mixtening 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:55.200 kids me. Everything went will good. Good for was that 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:57.640 we were able to take the biopsies we were planning 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:01.400 on doing colin wise, there was nothing alarming, which is 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:05.320 always a great time. But um, the prep was not 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:11.440 that great. So yes, this is m probably left over 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.160 for something healthy that you had. It looks like a 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:18.360 bean to me. But but but that's for us. Is 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:20.520 not enough to say, you know, you don't have small 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.960 polyps um. Usually we do recommend repeating within a year 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:29.800 or so, and questions and the concerns. No, good, thank 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:42.240 you so much. I had beans in mc cowen. That's hilarious. 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:48.000 So how do you feel I was clearer than her? Right, 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:54.319 because she didn't take your second does. Regarding our colonoscopist, 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:57.120 everything went well, okay, so get good news. You did 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:00.120 have three polyps, two of them for very small. All 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.440 one of them was still considered small. But the type 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:05.760 of polyp that we keep a closer eye on. This 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.319 is how it looks like. So you see we removed it. 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:10.880 We put a small clip on just so that the 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:14.600 area closes nicely and heels. Usually we bring patients back 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.880 three years later, so we kind of keep a closer eye. 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:20.160 The second thing I want to talk to you about 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.760 is there's there was some sort of discoloration that sometimes 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:31.000 we see when people take um laxatives or complete every night, 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:35.360 every single night, like four years, every four years. Now, yes, 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:38.520 is that not good. It's a stimulant laxative, so a 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:42.120 lot of times you're calling becomes dependent on it, so 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:45.079 then when you don't take it, you get constipated. So 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:48.760 usually we don't recommend long term use. I'm surprised this. 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:52.360 This is like an herbal right, A lot of things 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:58.240 that are herbal sometimes are not good for us. Mm hmm, okay, questions, 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:04.120 no question, have a great afternoon them. Thank you. The 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:08.920 copy Okay, here snitch, you're from the street, snitch and 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:20.240 old peep. That second dose just in cases of being 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:33.640 up in there. That's not again thinking all dopes. Oh 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:37.120 my goodness. I was relieved though that they didn't find anything. No, 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:41.240 that that's amazing. Yeah, that's amazing. So Dr full of 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:44.120 May is a gastro antirologist at U c l A. 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:46.760 She's here to help us get our guts all the 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:49.920 way together. Wow, it's really nice to be here. So 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:51.719 I'm so happy that you did the cloosman, and I 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:53.319 actually just want to thank you for doing it in 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.719 front of people too, because I think it's something that 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:59.160 there's such a stigma talking about having a procedure through 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:02.240 your back end for ractness, talking about anything that has 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.600 to do with poop or correctum, especially in the black community. 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:09.440 We're seeing a lot of people die, unfortunately from colorectal cancer. 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:11.959 But this is one of those cancers that we say 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.439 everybody is at risk. We know it's the number two 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:18.360 cause of cancer related deaths in America, so we really 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:22.360 want everyone to consider themselves at risk for colorectal cancer. Previously, 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:24.199 we were screening everyone at fifty and that was the 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.520 golden age. When you turn fifty you get a colonoscope. 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.720 But in May of two thousand twenty one, the United 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:33.320 States Preventive Service Task Force made a recommendation that everyone 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.199 starts screading for colorectal cancer at age forty five. And 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:38.800 the reason why we did that is because we're starting 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:43.840 to see colorectal cancer at younger and younger agents. Alright, 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.959 so tell us what exactly the gut is. Yeah. I 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:48.920 think people hear the word gut and they think of 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:52.719 their stomach, right, But the reality is that the digestive 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:56.839 system is a large series of organs that starts at 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:58.679 the mouth and it goes all the way down to 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:02.199 our anus. So when you eat, food travels through the esophagus, 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:05.040 through the stomach, through the small bowel, and then into 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:07.079 the colon, which is the part that we examine for 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.679 the polyps, like the procedures that you had. Okay, and 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:12.520 so all of that is considered the gut. Yes, it is. 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.200 What are the top warning signs to know that your 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:18.079 gut is not healthy? I heard you guys talking about earlier. 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:21.120 You eat something, you're sick, you just keep going. So 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:24.360 the question becomes, when should you become alarmed if you're 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:28.760 having blood in the stool, nausea, vomiting on a regular basis, 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:33.480 weight loss, severe constipation, lump, hard stool, if you're having 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:36.240 loose wiry stools, if they're waking you up at night, 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:39.160 that's something that we also should be evaluating. We have 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:44.160 an image of different kinds of stool, so we're gonna 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:47.800 ask which kind are you? I like talking about this. 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:52.080 We have the seven types they are on this diagnostic chart. 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.839 People try to describe their stools to us, and it's 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:57.360 hard to really understand what they're saying. Some people describe 0:12:57.400 --> 0:13:01.120 diarrhea very differently. We want a will to be type 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:04.080 three or type four. When you get into type one 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:06.640 or two, it's too constipated, and we need to find 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:10.679 ways to soften those tools prevent hemorrhoids, pain, other symptoms. 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:12.360 And then when we get on the other end of 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.439 the spectrum, when it's too watery beyond type five, that 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:20.080 warrants medical attention. Got it like type three, type four? Okay, 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:22.679 I think I think I'm probably type three type four 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:27.600 as well, So i'm type three and sometimes four. When 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:32.040 I was taking my softener, since you know, I had 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:34.319 the call on Ascoby. He asked me to stop taking 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:38.160 the softener and I and I have and now it's 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.719 a problem. It's a problem. But we don't want you 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.520 to just stop, so we gotta get you on something else. Well, 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:46.680 I eat so much green vegetables and stuff. I don't 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:49.599 know why I but your body has gotten used to 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.959 having that extra. There are many other options for you. Well, 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:54.720 why not make sure that you're getting a large amount 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:57.720 of fiber, that you're getting plenty of fluids during the day. 0:13:58.080 --> 0:13:59.920 And then on top of that, there are also medic 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:03.240 patients that we can use for constipation. Got it, so, 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:07.400 Nancy Joffie, because U c l A's lead dietitian and 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:11.120 is going to help us feel better through food. Nancy 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:15.040 brought along some critical food to help with constipation. This 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:19.440 is awesome. Welcome to the table. I'm imagining, that's proud. 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:23.400 It is. Pruns have so much benefit for constipations. When 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:26.080 patients eat somewhere between eight and twelve prunes a day, 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:33.560 they get to have a really good bowel movement. And look, 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:38.280 don't look like that game. I'm you supposed to eat 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:41.880 for your body's well being. It can cost some loading 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.080 in gas, so That's why instead I wanted to bring 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:48.760 kiwi's because kiwis are very g I friendly, no bloating, 0:14:48.960 --> 0:14:51.560 no gas, and they've done several studies and shown that 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.800 if people eat two kiwi's a day, they can actually 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:58.520 resolve their chronic constipation. So kiween has an amazing amount 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:02.640 of fiber and it's not going to no less so 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:04.920 than the prunes for sure. Is there a type of 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:08.800 kiwi that's not as bitter or there is? So there's 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:11.320 the golden kiwi. So that's the one that has the 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.120 golden color on the inside. It could be made into 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.080 a juice. Though it could be made into it. You 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:21.400 don't have to just eat raw kiwis it Yeah, like no, 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:25.640 because my whole thing with the health and bad movement 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.160 is people think that things that are healthy are not 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:30.040 good and it's and it's not that they're not good, 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:33.800 is that we don't know how to absolutely prepare them. 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.120 I think what Jaden saying is so important because I 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:39.840 feel that sometimes patients will hear cut this out or 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:41.880 change your diet, and they don't know how to prepare 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.160 the foods, and then it's just a failure from the start. 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.840 I've have patients who didn't know they loved Brussels sprouts, 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:48.640 or didn't know they love kale until it was prepared 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:50.880 a certain way and all of a sudden, now it 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.160 tastes amazing and they're ready to eat it. Brussels sprouts 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.120 are the perfect example, you know what I mean, where 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:59.400 it's like when they're cooked right and they got they 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:02.040 got their ride and they're crispy. It's like, man, Brussels 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:04.400 sprouts is up there with bacon when it's cooked right. 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:13.560 Let's talk about that for a second, just you know, 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:16.720 because a lot of people like fried stuff. We talk 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:20.200 about fried food and processed meats as special occasion food. 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.000 So we're talking about deli meats and lunch and meats 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:28.440 and salami and sausages and hot your charcuterie plates. All 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:31.920 of those things have actually we found convincing evidence that 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:35.680 they can lead to colorectal cancer, so they're toxic for 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:38.520 the colon. With that being said, you're going to a 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:40.440 game and you want to have a hot dog, great, 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.800 you want to have that Tracuderi plate on occasion? Do it? Well? 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:51.960 Guess that throws out the bacon occasionally exactly exactly and 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:54.840 the same goes for fried foods giving the body a 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.080 ton of fat at one time. We have a really 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.240 hard time breaking that down and it can actually lead 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:05.119 to ass bloating, diarrhea, and abdominal paint. Got it. We 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:10.119 hear a lot about prebiotics probiotics, What are they and 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:12.760 what do they do? So the reality is that there 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:16.159 are billions of bacteria that live in our right and 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:17.840 a lot of people are shocked to hear that there 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:19.879 are bacteria that are living in your gut. And we 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:22.920 break that down into good bacteria and bad bacteria, and 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.639 they together make up what we call the microbiome or 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:29.000 the microflora, and you're you're pretty much born with it. 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:32.159 It's actually established by your mother in most cases, and 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:38.800 it's very hard. You guys are probably which we're learning 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:42.760 how to manipulate the gut microflora to do things like 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:46.119 reduce cancer risks, to make g I symptoms go away. 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.040 And that's why I think probiotics and probiotics have been 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:51.120 thrown in the mix because we know they play a role, 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:53.920 but right now we're still in a learning phase. So 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:57.840 when we talk about probiotics, we're talking about foods that 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:02.359 actually contain good bacteria. Pre biotics are fuel for the 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:09.600 good bacteria, so basically prebiotics feed the probiotics. Okay, they've 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:12.480 actually shown in research studies you need as little as 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:14.200 a quarter of a cup of day of some of 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:16.920 these foods and that is enough to start causing some 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:20.200 benefit in the gut. We've got all of our berries 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:23.679 green bananas because they have more starch, whereas when they 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.320 turn yellow they have more sugar. It can cause gas 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:28.719 and bloating when they're yellow. When they're green, generally they 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:32.399 do pretty good. Even olive oil can be wonderful for 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:36.440 helping the guy. It's also good for the right not 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.680 to mention anti cancer. And then oats. We've actually shown 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.400 in research that oats helped to grow a specific type 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:45.680 of bacteria in the gut, good for reducing colorectal cancer risks. 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:49.920 So we've got yogurt, which there's tons of studies on yogurt. 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:52.199 It actually helps to grow back to you that are 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:56.359 good for mental health, so it can actually improve our mood, 0:18:56.600 --> 0:18:58.960 which is pretty cool. Sour kraud is one of those 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:01.159 that unfortunately it's pretty high end sodium, so we have 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:04.000 to be careful with it. And then age cheeses so 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:08.400 not all cheeses fit this definition, but aged cheeses, things 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:12.119 like cheddar and gouda and Swiss are all aged at 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:15.360 least six weeks. That aging process allows for these bacteria 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:17.800 cultures to ferment and eat all of the sugars out, 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:21.360 so they're actually naturally lactose free as well. So even 0:19:21.400 --> 0:19:24.560 people who have lactose intolerance can enjoy age cheeses. So 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:27.800 I can eat cheddar. I can each aged cheddar cheese, 0:19:27.920 --> 0:19:37.240 Yes you can. I am. I love cheese. If you 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:39.160 even want to check, when you look at a nutrition 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:41.840 facts label, look to that sugar content. It should have 0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:45.359 a big zero. If there's no lactose, and lactos is 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:48.439 a sugar, you know that it's a lactostry product. You've 0:19:48.440 --> 0:19:51.200 got tricks in the grocery store. Okay, I can have 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:57.680 ches okay. And the research has shown that if you 0:19:57.840 --> 0:20:01.120 make consistent diet changes, so you have to be doing 0:20:01.200 --> 0:20:04.920 these foods nearly every single day, that's when you can 0:20:05.200 --> 0:20:07.600 play a role in what your got microbiome looks like. 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:09.800 So you've got to do these things consistently, which is 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:12.800 why I'm finding foods you like that your gut likes 0:20:12.880 --> 0:20:14.920 that you don't get symptoms with that you want to 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:16.959 have on a daily basis. That's when you can make 0:20:17.000 --> 0:20:19.400 some lasting change and trying to get it natural ways 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:23.480 the rather few supplements. When you can weirdly have pain 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:26.800 before I start eating, my stomach like just like when 0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:29.159 I wake up, my stomach always hurts. My stomach, my 0:20:29.200 --> 0:20:31.760 back hurts. And also in some very rare occasions, my 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:35.040 pre biotics make me really feel like throwing up. And 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:37.159 so this is where we want to look at like 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:40.160 a food and symptom log So this can be really helpful, 0:20:40.400 --> 0:20:43.159 is to not only log what you're eating, but the 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:45.800 time you ate it and the time when the symptom happened, 0:20:45.920 --> 0:20:48.480 what those symptoms were, and then also giving me your 0:20:48.520 --> 0:20:51.800 emotional state, because for instance, if you have symptoms within 0:20:51.960 --> 0:20:54.680 thirty minutes of eating, it is not the food. It 0:20:54.800 --> 0:20:56.919 takes longer than that for the food to leave your stomach. 0:20:57.040 --> 0:21:01.080 If it's reflux, that's different. You're having part and regurgitation 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:04.000 or birthing, those can happen within about thirty to ninety 0:21:04.040 --> 0:21:07.639 minutes after eating. But if we're talking about lower gut, bloating, 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:12.159 gas pressure, pain, even urgency to go have a baland movement. 0:21:12.440 --> 0:21:14.800 It's not the food you just ate that's meaning to that. 0:21:14.960 --> 0:21:17.239 Most likely that might be related to your mood at 0:21:17.240 --> 0:21:19.359 the time, or what's in your stomach or not in 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:23.480 your stomach can cause those symptoms. I have a lot 0:21:23.600 --> 0:21:28.359 of problem eating food when I'm on set, when I'm 0:21:28.960 --> 0:21:34.400 getting ready to perform, when I'm doing anything that is stressful. 0:21:34.760 --> 0:21:39.280 I find it ridiculously, actually find it repulsing to think 0:21:39.320 --> 0:21:42.359 about eating food. I know, like when I get upset 0:21:42.400 --> 0:21:45.359 about something I won't eat. Is there something for Is 0:21:45.440 --> 0:21:47.240 that a name for that? Do people talk to you 0:21:47.280 --> 0:21:48.960 guys about that. I don't know if you've heard about 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:51.159 the connection between the brain and the gun. This is 0:21:51.200 --> 0:21:54.920 the concept that their physical and chemical connections between our 0:21:55.040 --> 0:21:58.399 central nervous system or our brain and our gut. And 0:21:58.560 --> 0:22:01.440 there are millions of nerve endings in our stomach and 0:22:01.520 --> 0:22:05.600 our colon and our digestive system. There's two way communication 0:22:05.880 --> 0:22:08.480 at all times, so you know, you'll hear people say 0:22:08.600 --> 0:22:11.160 that I had a gut feeling or I was sad 0:22:11.240 --> 0:22:14.679 and my stomach hurt, And it's because of these connections 0:22:14.720 --> 0:22:16.680 that we had between our gut and our brain, and 0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:20.560 they can sometimes regulate our mood. I definitely find that 0:22:20.680 --> 0:22:23.159 in my existence. And they say that the gut is 0:22:23.240 --> 0:22:26.200 like the second brain of the body. Yeah. Absolutely. I 0:22:26.320 --> 0:22:29.280 wish I hadn't know that earlier. And I think people 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:32.280 should have more understanding too that if we're putting toxic 0:22:32.359 --> 0:22:37.040 foods in our body, it's going to help create toxic emotion, 0:22:37.320 --> 0:22:40.639 toxic moods. I've seen that in my own eating lifestyle, 0:22:40.880 --> 0:22:43.720 you know. And so once I got rid of the gluten, 0:22:43.880 --> 0:22:48.560 I'm starting to realize how happy I became, how emotionally 0:22:48.680 --> 0:22:51.040 happy I became. I got rid of eggs, I got 0:22:51.160 --> 0:22:54.280 rid of chicken, I got rid of oatmeal every I 0:22:54.320 --> 0:22:58.200 would have every single morning, and I was trying to 0:22:58.280 --> 0:23:02.040 figure out why I was so low, so down, so depressed. 0:23:02.200 --> 0:23:05.200 I would, I mean, literally dragging my feet to get 0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:08.080 through life. Now I wake up in the morning ready 0:23:08.119 --> 0:23:11.119 to go happy. Let's get just done. Yeah. And what 0:23:11.240 --> 0:23:13.600 we really see in the US is that people are 0:23:13.680 --> 0:23:17.280 using food to um feed an emotion. Right, So we 0:23:17.400 --> 0:23:20.200 have people who are eating the bulk of their calories 0:23:20.240 --> 0:23:24.240 after seven pm. It's usually mindless snacking, sitting on the couch, 0:23:24.440 --> 0:23:27.840 not paying attention. It's just adding more calories. We don't 0:23:27.880 --> 0:23:29.240 want to put a lot of fat in our stomach 0:23:29.280 --> 0:23:31.560 at night. Fat takes a long time to be processed 0:23:31.600 --> 0:23:33.879 by the body, so if you take something high and 0:23:34.000 --> 0:23:37.120 fat later at night, when you lie down, it's still 0:23:37.160 --> 0:23:39.960 in your stomach and that can actually lead to reflex symptoms. 0:23:40.280 --> 0:23:41.879 So one thing I always like to talk with my 0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:44.960 patients about is why are you eating? It's not a 0:23:45.080 --> 0:23:47.840 why are you eating that? It's a am I hungry? 0:23:48.119 --> 0:23:50.640 Have I not eaten a while? What am I craving? 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:54.800 Am I wanting something salty, sweet, crunchy or fatty? If 0:23:54.840 --> 0:23:58.760 I am, it's probably not hunger. It's usually fueling an emotion. 0:23:58.960 --> 0:24:03.240 Ask yourself, why Yeah? Am I hungry? Right? Just so 0:24:03.320 --> 0:24:06.720 it's just being mindful. Now that sends to happen to 0:24:06.800 --> 0:24:10.880 me around nine o'clock, not thirty. Um, I will start 0:24:10.920 --> 0:24:13.560 to feel like, Okay, I'm a little hungry if I 0:24:13.680 --> 0:24:17.160 get a tangerine because I love Cutie's, but I worry 0:24:17.160 --> 0:24:20.520 about the sugar. Is that a good option with that 0:24:20.760 --> 0:24:23.840 hour of night? Yeah? It actually isn't okay option. I 0:24:23.880 --> 0:24:26.040 also try to mind with the people that sometimes you're 0:24:26.040 --> 0:24:32.239 actually just thirsty and dehydrated. So trying to drink more 0:24:32.320 --> 0:24:35.080