0:06

There are a great many emerging ideas

0:08

that we can discuss , but sometimes

0:10

these topics are just not big enough to

0:13

fill out an entire podcast episode

0:15

. So I decided to start something

0:17

I call Poperie , a

0:19

collection of unconnected but interesting

0:22

topics that may be helpful in

0:24

guiding you in your health journey . I'd

0:26

like to say , ask your doctor about these

0:29

issues , but you and I know that it will

0:31

more than likely know absolutely

0:33

nothing about these questions because

0:35

1 . It's not a pharmaceutical

0:37

or a procedure and 2

0:39

. It will make no money for them . But

0:42

just because your doctor may be indifferent

0:44

or ignorant does not mean that they

0:46

don't pack a wallop of potential

0:49

health benefits for you . So in this episode

0:51

of the Defiant Health Podcast , I'd like

0:53

to talk about hyaluronic acid , the

0:55

sweetener allulose , and the relationship

0:58

of lactobacillus rhodorite and reproductive

1:00

health . I'd like to also tell

1:02

you about Defiant Health sponsors , paleo

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episode of Defiant Health Podcast

1:46

will be a series of shorter conversations

1:48

about some issues that are still very

1:50

interesting , just not big enough , perhaps

1:53

, to fill out an entire Defiant Health Podcast

1:55

episode . Let's start with this idea

1:57

of hyaluronic acid . So

1:59

hyaluronic acid is very interesting

2:02

. It has great potential to add

2:04

some major benefits to your health program

2:07

, not just in your physiology but

2:09

also in your appearance . So

2:11

lots of women know about hyaluronic acid

2:13

because they pay a lot of money for

2:15

these hyaluronic acid serums , that is , these

2:17

topical products . They're put around

2:19

their eyes , for instance around their mouth , and

2:23

hyaluronic acid applied topically

2:25

does indeed partially reduce

2:27

the depth of wrinkles , especially

2:29

the finest wrinkles , such as the crows , feet

2:31

around the eyes and the smile lines around the mouth

2:33

. But if you apply

2:35

that to those areas , what

2:37

does it do for the skin on your neck or

2:40

the skin on your thighs or your abdomen

2:42

? Nothing , of course , because it's

2:44

a topical , local effect

2:46

. There's very little penetration of that

2:49

hyaluronic acid beneath the epidermis

2:51

. The epidermis , of course , is the external

2:53

part of your skin . Just below

2:55

the epidermis is the dermis . The epidermis

2:58

is largely dead skin cells . By the way , the

3:00

dermis is living and that's where skin

3:02

health is determined in the dermis

3:05

, because that's where the cells are that produce

3:07

the components of skin , like collagen

3:09

. That's where moisture resides

3:11

. That's where hormone exerts

3:13

their effect , that's where various

3:15

inflammatory or anti-inflammatory

3:18

factors exert their effect . All that action

3:20

occurs in the dermis . Can

3:22

we increase the dermal content

3:25

of hyaluronic acid ? Yes , you

3:27

can , and you can do it dramatically . But

3:29

that means taking hyaluronic acid orally

3:31

. Now the odd thing , the great

3:33

iron about hyaluronic acid is

3:35

it is a common component of

3:38

organ meats , especially brain

3:40

, skin and other organs

3:42

. Modern people , given the

3:45

advice to cut your fat and cholesterol

3:47

, have largely abandoned the

3:49

consumption of hyaluronic acid as well

3:51

as collagen , yet another important component

3:53

of diet . So the modern diet

3:55

has almost no hyaluronic

3:58

acid because of the abandonment

4:00

of eating such things as brain , skin and other

4:02

organs . That means that skin

4:05

aging is accelerated . So

4:07

a restoration of hyaluronic acid can be very important

4:10

. Hyaluronic acid in

4:12

the dermal layer of skin is responsible

4:14

for retaining water . Hyaluronic

4:17

acid is unique in its great capacity

4:19

to retain water . Hyaluronic

4:21

acid in the dermal layer also stimulates production

4:24

of collagen , so it stimulates

4:26

the fibroblast cells to produce

4:28

more collagen . So hyaluronic

4:31

acid is a crucial component of

4:33

your skin , health and appearance . When

4:35

taken orally , it does it in

4:37

there , though , so hyaluronic acid

4:39

is also an important component of your joints

4:41

, such as your knees and hips , so

4:44

your lubricating fluid in your joints

4:46

is made largely of hyaluronic

4:48

acid . That is , the synovial fluid , that

4:50

is , the lubricant in your

4:52

joints , is largely hyaluronic acid

4:55

, and you can increase the

4:57

moisture and the lubrication of your joints by

4:59

ingesting hyaluronic acid . This thing

5:02

absent from modern diet , and

5:05

the increase in hyaluronic acid also

5:07

stimulates chondroblasts , cardilage

5:10

cells , to produce more cartilage

5:12

, and so getting hyaluronic acid

5:15

orally is a big first step

5:17

in rebuilding joint

5:19

cartilage and thereby preventing or

5:21

even reversing , at least in its early phases

5:23

, arthritis . Another

5:26

very interesting effect of hyaluronic acid is

5:28

that it is a component of the so-called

5:31

glyco-calix of your arteries

5:33

. This is a polysaccharide or sugar

5:35

coating on your arteries

5:38

that determines how relaxed or

5:40

constricted your arteries are the process

5:42

called endothelial dysfunction . It's

5:44

called that because the thin lining

5:47

of arteries , the endothelium

5:49

that contains this glyco-calix

5:51

that is the principle determinant of

5:53

how constricted or how relaxed

5:55

your arteries are . Thank you . Chronic

5:58

constriction of arteries is a

6:00

problem because it leads to atherosclerosis

6:02

as well as hypertension , so we want

6:05

our arteries to be relaxed , and

6:07

getting hyaluronic acid ingested

6:09

orally rebuilds the

6:11

glyco-calix , restores normal

6:14

arterial relaxation

6:16

and thereby helps prevent

6:18

the development of atherosclerosis

6:21

. Atherosclerosis is a process that leads

6:23

to such things as heart attack , sudden cardiac

6:25

death , the need for such things as

6:27

stents and bypassing your arteries . Now

6:29

, yet another very interesting aspect

6:32

of hyaluronic acid is that the woman's

6:35

uterus , cervix and vagina

6:37

are largely made of hyaluronic

6:40

acid , and there's emerging evidence

6:42

to suggest that a lack of hyaluronic

6:44

acid impairs a woman's reproductive

6:46

health , may lead to such things as vaginal

6:49

atrophy , dryness , irritation , pain

6:51

upon penetration , restoration

6:54

of hyaluronic acid orally . So remember

6:56

that hyaluronic acid you put around your eyes topically

6:58

has no effect on the reproductive organs , so

7:00

we're going to ingest it orally and it

7:02

increases moisture in

7:04

a woman's reproductive system

7:07

. Now there's more a woman can do

7:09

to reestablish vaginal health

7:11

, such as supplement the microbe lactobacillus

7:13

crispatus . That's a conversation for another day

7:15

. But know that the wisdom in

7:17

managing reproductive health in females , which

7:19

is terrible . Ladies have terrible choices

7:22

, like whether they should take estrogen in some form

7:24

, some that increases risk for endometrial

7:27

cancer and thromboembolic disease like

7:29

deep vein thrombosis . Well , there

7:31

are better choices emerging and among them

7:33

, restoration of this factored

7:35

loss from the modern diet , hyaluronic

7:38

acid . Now hyaluronic acid

7:40

is kind of a commodity product . You don't have to be

7:42

too particular about brands Dose

7:45

. Most studies have used

7:47

120 milligrams . Those are studies

7:49

examining the effect on skin , on the dermal

7:52

layer of skin , also on joint

7:54

pain and joint cartilage . The

7:56

few efforts that used higher doses don't

7:58

seem to suggest that higher doses yield better

8:01

effects . So we're sitting with 120

8:03

milligrams . We always ask if

8:05

120 milligrams is good , is

8:07

more better ? Well , let's

8:09

ask how much did primitive humans

8:11

obtain when they consumed organ meats

8:13

? Well , if you eat a four-out serving

8:16

of sheep's brain or other animal's brain

8:18

, you get about seven milligrams

8:20

of hyaluronic acid

8:22

. So 120 milligrams is really kind

8:24

of a very confident dose . It's

8:26

the equivalent of eating four pounds

8:29

of an animal's brain . So I think 120

8:31

milligrams is a very confident dose

8:33

. That's subject to future update

8:36

as the science becomes better . But right now

8:38

if you buy hyaluronic acid

8:40

as a powder or as a capsule , 120

8:43

milligrams or thereabouts is

8:45

a very confident dose . Another

8:48

very interesting aspect of hyaluronic acid's

8:50

behavior is that it's a fiber . Even though it's

8:52

sourced from animal organs like brain

8:54

and skin , it is a fiber recognized

8:57

that most fibers come from plants , right

8:59

from legumes and root vegetables

9:01

and things like that . But hyaluronic acid

9:04

is sourced from animals , yet it is a fiber

9:06

. It's one of the very few fibers sourced from

9:08

animal products . When

9:10

you consume hyaluronic acid , very

9:12

interesting things happen in the gastrointestinal

9:15

microbiome . First of all , there's

9:17

a bloom in beneficial species

9:19

. These are species like fecalobacterium

9:22

prusnitsii or acromansium

9:24

eucinophila , or species of

9:26

lactosepiration or rheumatic acacia

9:28

. Why is that important ? Well , those

9:30

microbes , when stimulated , when

9:33

fed with hyaluronic acid , in turn

9:35

produce a fatty acid called butyrate

9:38

or butyric acid . And that

9:40

fatty acid is the mediator of

9:42

multiple beneficial effects in you

9:44

, such as facilitation

9:47

of weight loss , especially from abdominal

9:49

, visceral fat , inflammatory fat

9:51

, reduction of blood sugar , reduction

9:54

of blood pressure , reduction in some resistance

9:56

, preservation of cognition , deeper

9:59

sleep , vivid dreams . So

10:01

that boosts and butyrate that

10:03

occurs from consumption of hyaluronic acid is

10:05

very important . It goes farther . Hyaluronic

10:08

acid also reduces fecal

10:10

microbes or proteobacteria in

10:13

the small intestine and colon . Because

10:15

fecal microbes work against us . They're destructive

10:17

, so we want to keep them at bay , we want to

10:19

minimize them , and hyaluronic acid

10:21

reduces the burden of fecal microbes

10:24

in the GI tract and thereby

10:26

reduces endotoxemia

10:28

. Remember that when fecal microbes

10:30

, especially when they inhabit the small intestine , when

10:33

they die , they release some of their toxic

10:35

compounds , such as endotoxin

10:37

. That enters the bloodstream through

10:39

the very permeable small intestine

10:41

and you get a process called endotoxemia

10:44

, which drives high blood pressure

10:46

, high blood sugar , weight gain

10:48

, especially in the abdomen , cognitive

10:51

impairment , heart disease risk , type

10:53

2 diabetes , autoimmune diseases

10:55

, on and on and on . Well , hyaluronic acid

10:57

reduces fecal microbes

10:59

, reduces endotoxemia

11:02

, achieves a wonderful panel

11:04

of benefits . And then , lastly

11:06

, hyaluronic acid also reduces multiple

11:09

inflammatory mediators , which provides

11:11

even greater advantage in

11:13

losing abdominal fat , reducing

11:15

blood sugar and all those other effects . So

11:18

hyaluronic acid very important , now

11:20

absent from the modern dietary

11:22

experience restore it and

11:24

regain all the health , shape

11:27

and body composition advantages that

11:29

this natural nutrient can provide

11:32

. Let's now shift gears and talk

11:34

about the natural sweetener , alulose

11:37

. So those of you who've been following my

11:39

conversations know that we reject the

11:41

synthetic non-caloric sweeteners

11:43

like aspartame , niotame

11:45

, acesulfame , saccharin and sucralose

11:47

, because they have been shown with good evidence

11:50

that they cause distortions of the

11:52

gastrointestinal microbiome , such

11:54

that it takes the microbiome of a slender

11:56

, healthy person and makes it look more

11:58

like the GI microbiome of someone

12:01

who's obese and type 2 diabetic

12:03

and it pushes that normal , slender

12:05

person closer to being obese , closer

12:07

to becoming a type 2 diabetic . So we don't

12:09

use those synthetic sweeteners . Now

12:12

we have been using natural sweeteners , especially

12:14

monk fruit , the various fractions of

12:17

stevia , which there are many . In case you

12:19

don't like the taste , try another one . Rithritol

12:22

there's some issues with the Rithritol , we'll discuss in another

12:24

time and then alulose . Well

12:27

, we've been using these things . They're delicious , they

12:29

allow you to recreate some dishes . A

12:31

lot of people in my community say well , we've lost

12:33

our taste for sweet dishes , we don't need these things

12:35

. I learned long ago that

12:37

if I just tell people eat whole

12:39

natural foods like eggs

12:42

and avocados and salmon

12:44

, and don't limit fat and eat no

12:46

wheat or grains , holidays come

12:48

around and people would come back starting

12:51

with wonderful metabolic markers

12:53

and being slender and being freed

12:55

of type 2 diabetes and hypertension , all

12:57

the other kinds of common conditions . They'd

13:00

come back after , say , thanksgiving , 14

13:03

pounds heavier and absolute

13:05

disasters . Maybe they dropped

13:07

their triglycerides from 200

13:09

to 47 and they come

13:11

back after an indulgent Thanksgiving

13:14

with triglycerides of 300 or

13:16

an explosion in the small LDL

13:18

particles that actually cause heart disease . So

13:20

maybe their small LDL was 2400

13:22

nanomoles per liter , very high level

13:25

, dropped to zero with the

13:27

program and now it's 1800

13:29

. Now you expose yourself to extravagant

13:31

risk for heart attack and death that

13:33

lasts for weeks . So I

13:35

learned that in order to help

13:37

people navigate holidays where

13:40

you have kids and grandkids

13:42

and company and neighbors and entertaining

13:45

, that , it helps to provide you

13:47

with alternatives , ways to

13:49

recreate , for instance , a cheesecake or

13:51

biscuits and gravy using alternative ingredients

13:54

. So instead of using wheat flour , for instance , we'll

13:56

use almond flour , coconut flour , ground

13:58

golden flax seed and other ingredients

14:00

. But for sweeteners , in case you want to make

14:02

some muffins or cookies or cheesecake , we're

14:04

going to use safe , non-caloric

14:07

or minimally caloric sweeteners and that has worked

14:09

out very well for us . Well , there's

14:11

been the recent emergence of a new sweetener , a

14:13

natural sweetener that you can find alulose

14:16

. You can find it in raisins , maple

14:18

syrup and some fruits in

14:21

small quantities , but it's a naturally

14:23

occurring sweetener in many of those

14:25

sources . Well , alulose is proven

14:27

to be different in that it's not

14:29

just safe and does not

14:31

provoke glucose or insulin , as some

14:34

of those synthetic sweeteners do , but

14:36

actually reduces blood

14:38

glucose , reduces insulin , not

14:40

a little bit , but quite dramatically . So

14:43

several studies , for instance , have shown that

14:45

alulose a dose of approximately

14:47

8.5 to 10 milliliters

14:50

or grams that's about two teaspoons

14:52

worth of liquid or powder you can get either

14:54

form reduces blood

14:56

glucose by about 10 to 20

14:58

milligrams , which is huge . It

15:01

also reduces insulin . When

15:03

you consume something that raises blood glucose

15:05

it provokes a rise in insulin and

15:07

with alulose in the vicinity

15:10

it reduced that rise in insulin by

15:12

about a third , about 35% . So

15:14

it's dramatic . And it

15:16

reduced waste circumference . Now it seems

15:18

to be selective , more for the subcutaneous

15:20

fat , fat just below the skin

15:23

surface , not so much for the more problematic

15:25

visceral fat and that's kind of a curiosity I'm

15:27

not sure anyone understands yet . But

15:29

it does help you lose abdominal

15:31

fat and it reduces triglycerides

15:34

quite dramatically and

15:36

reduces blood pressure systolic

15:38

blood pressure by about seven millimeters , diastolic

15:41

blood pressure about five millimeters , which

15:43

equals the effect of most

15:45

anti-hypertensive medications with

15:48

none of the side effects . So

15:50

alulose very benign , non-chloric

15:53

and has some pretty surprisingly

15:55

spectacular effects on reducing

15:57

body fat , reducing blood glucose

16:00

, reducing insulin and reducing

16:02

blood pressure . So alulose has

16:04

become my sweetener of choice and

16:06

it's very soft , it has a good flavor

16:09

, doesn't have funny aftertastes . If

16:11

you're interested in taking advantage of this sweetener

16:13

for its beneficial metabolic

16:15

and body shaping effects , the

16:17

intake is a teaspoon or two per

16:20

day or per meal . It's not a supplement

16:22

, of course , it's a sweetener . So use it as a sweetener

16:25

. Please don't hear that I'm trying to advocate

16:27

this part of our program . It's just something you have an

16:29

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19:41

is , the relationship of this microbe

19:44

, lactobacillus rotari , with

19:46

female reproductive health . Now , if

19:48

you're a guy and may not care too much

19:50

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19:52

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19:54

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19:58

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someone who could benefit from this information

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, very crucial issues . Now , there's

20:12

more to reproductive health , female

20:14

reproductive health and lactobacillus rotari

20:17

, but let's start that conversation with

20:19

this microbe . There are other microbes that are very important

20:21

for female health , but lactobacillus

20:23

rotari plays a central role . So

20:26

, one of the effects of lactobacillus rotari

20:28

as you recall , this microbe lost

20:30

by the great majority of people because

20:33

it's susceptible to antibiotics

20:35

like amoxicillinate you may have taken 10

20:37

, 20 , or 30 years ago , but thereby

20:40

lost this microbe . Well , lactobacillus

20:42

rotari takes up residence in the GI tract

20:44

and one of the things it does

20:47

is it stimulates

20:49

contraction of the uterus at time of delivery

20:51

. That's why , when a woman wants to deliver

20:53

a child at a specific time , she

20:55

schedules her delivery , let's say

20:57

Wednesday , august 23rd , at 8 am

21:00

. She comes into the hospital , they put an IV

21:02

in and they give her an infusion of

21:04

oxytocin , often called pitocin

21:07

. It's the same thing that causes

21:09

a uterus receptive to contraction

21:11

to contract and the cervix

21:13

to relax , and the child is delivered . So

21:15

that for many years was thought to be

21:17

the only primary application

21:19

of oxytocin . That couldn't be farthest

21:22

from the truth . So the higher

21:24

levels of oxytocin that develop at time of

21:26

delivery , or supposed to develop at time of

21:28

delivery , have largely been lost . Because

21:31

if we've lost lactobacillus rotari

21:33

, we've thereby lost the capacity

21:36

to get this extra high boost of

21:38

oxytocin . What that means

21:40

is a woman delivers her child , often

21:42

with the artificial support of intravenous

21:44

oxytocin , and then relies

21:47

on breastfeeding . Well , the process

21:49

of releasing milk for breastfeeding

21:51

requires oxytocin . So

21:53

a common cause of failed breastfeeding

21:56

, which is a very that's a major

21:58

impairment to a child , because breastfeeding

22:00

is a major advantage that child's development

22:03

, especially neurological maturation

22:06

and immunological maturation

22:08

. So depriving a child of breastfeeding

22:10

is a major detriment to that child's health

22:12

. So not being able to breastfeed

22:14

, as often happens in modern females , is

22:17

a major problem . So restoration

22:19

of rotari , and thereby the boost in oxytocin

22:22

, is instrumental in allowing a

22:24

woman to breastfeed , to release milk from

22:26

her breast . Another

22:28

factor is that the oxytocin

22:30

boost that you get from rotari also increases

22:32

the no-transcript cultivates the mother-child

22:35

relationship . Ladies who are low in

22:37

oxytocin can often experience

22:39

postpartum depression . That's

22:42

a major problem because it threatens the survival

22:44

and health of the child . If the mother

22:46

can't seem to generate a bond , it

22:48

doesn't pay attention to the child's needs . That

22:51

can be a major threat to that child's

22:53

welfare . So having lactobacillus

22:55

rotari and thereby oxytocin

22:57

at the postpartum period

22:59

can be very important in generating

23:01

that very important bond between mother and child

23:04

. Now lactobacillus rotari and

23:06

oxytocin play roles outside of the

23:08

delivery period . It also plays

23:10

a role in vaginal moisture

23:12

. So we know that oxytocin is

23:15

instrumental in increasing

23:17

vaginal moisture and restoring

23:19

a normal lining to the vagina . So

23:21

as women age , as females age

23:23

, especially into their mid and late 60s , it

23:25

becomes very common , virtually universal

23:28

, for a woman to experience vaginal

23:30

atrophy , that is , loss of

23:33

the lining of the vagina becomes coarse and

23:35

dry . It's prone to develop

23:37

discharges and odd scents or smells

23:40

and also cause pain

23:42

with penetration of any sort . Another

23:44

aspect of rotari and oxytocin

23:47

is that as women

23:49

age , many lose libido or

23:51

sexual interest . Now that's

23:53

some that interest you . You want to regain . So

23:55

not everybody does . But if you do , the

23:58

choices are very poor . There are two prescription

24:00

drugs that purport to restore libido

24:02

but hardly provide any effect

24:05

at all . There's an oral drug , there's an

24:07

injectable drug . The injectable drug , for instance

24:09

, called phlebancerin . You have to

24:11

inject it into your thigh 40

24:13

minutes before anticipated sexual

24:16

activity . Who knows

24:18

how to do that right ? Who knows how to anticipate

24:20

that precisely sexual activity ? And

24:22

it increased libido barely at

24:25

all . In fact , these two drugs

24:27

are so ineffective that the FDA is

24:29

contemplating withdrawing their approvals

24:31

. There's also DHEA

24:34

, which can help a little bit , testosterone

24:36

, which does help some ladies , but we're

24:38

talking about not very good choices If

24:41

it's estrogen , whether it's intravaginal

24:43

, topical or oral . Once again a woman has

24:45

to make a choice . Does she regain libido

24:47

at the cost of risking

24:49

endometrial cancer and

24:52

thrombombolic disease , blood clot diseases

24:54

? So it's a very poor choice that

24:56

women have . Well , now we have the choice

24:59

of rotari and oxytocin

25:01

, because we know that oxytocin

25:03

boosts libido . That's true also in males

25:05

, but it's very true in females . So

25:08

now ladies have a key

25:10

to many aspects of reproductive

25:12

health , whether it's facilitating delivery

25:14

, breastfeeding , generating

25:17

love for her and attachment for her infant or

25:19

whether it's restoration of vaginal

25:21

health in a mature woman . Now

25:24

just one caution we restore rotari

25:26

by fermenting it as a yogurt

25:28

. It's not yogurt , of course , it looks and smells like yogurt

25:31

. But we use prolonged fermentation my method

25:33

of prolonged fermentation so that

25:35

we allow the microbe to double 12

25:38

times . Lactobacillus rotari

25:40

doubles . They don't have sex , right , they just double themselves

25:42

Every three hours at human

25:44

body temperature . We allow it to do that 12

25:47

times and when we perform

25:49

a count of microbes using a

25:51

method called flow cytometry , we

25:53

get around 300 billion microbes

25:56

per half cup serving . That's how we get these big

25:59

effects . Now the one caution is we

26:01

don't know how safe that is during

26:03

pregnancy . During pregnancy

26:05

, the uterus increases its oxytocin

26:08

receptors up to 200 fold

26:10

in the last few days to weeks preceding

26:12

delivery . We don't know if getting these

26:15

high counts of rotari are safe in

26:17

the setting of pregnancy , so I would not do this

26:19

if you are pregnant . Instead

26:22

, if you want to restore rotari because everybody

26:24

should have it anyway right , you are supposed to have it since

26:27

birth from your mom , but we've lost

26:29

it . So if you want to replace rotari

26:31

and there may be a modest boost in oxytocin

26:33

, don't make the yogurt like we usually do , that

26:36

achieves high count of extended fermentation

26:38

. Instead , I would use a mixed

26:40

culture yogurt , for instance

26:42

. Take your rotari starter . It could

26:44

be an osfortis capsule . It could be tablets

26:47

of gastris that you crushed , and

26:49

if you don't know what I'm talking about , see my super gut

26:51

book for the recipe , see my drdafusinfinitehealthcom

26:55

blog that has the recipe also

26:57

, and there's also many YouTube videos

26:59

by other people not just not me who

27:02

show you how to do this . So take

27:04

some source of rotari and combine

27:06

it with other microbes . It could be a capsule

27:08

of another commercial probiotic . It

27:11

could be some yogurt you bought at the

27:13

store that has a mixture of microbes

27:15

at least two like lactobacillus

27:18

bulgaricus , streptococcus thermophilus

27:20

, bifidobacterium bifidum and

27:22

some others and ferment them all

27:25

together . So it's just like having a backyard

27:27

garden . If all you do is plant tomatoes

27:29

, you're going to have a lot of tomatoes at the end

27:31

of the growing season . But what if instead

27:34

, at the start of the season , you

27:36

grow tomatoes , an eggplant

27:38

and zucchini and squash ? How

27:41

many tomatoes will you have ? Well , far

27:43

fewer , and you'll have tomatoes

27:45

to enjoy . Likewise here , cultivate

27:48

lactobacillus rotari in the company

27:50

of other microbes that you don't get these high

27:52

counts , so that you do get the microbe , but not

27:54

these very high counts , because we really don't

27:56

know what happens to a pregnant woman's uterus

27:58

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