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The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

#024 - Dr. Vincent Pedre: The Leaky Gut Paradox, Food Sensitivity Tests, IGG Implications, Gluten and Zonulin, Food Cravings, Elimination Diets, Diges...

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.7655 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2020

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Full Shownotes And Transcript: MelanieAvalon.com/Happygut 02:50 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life (Melanie Avalon): Join Melanie's Facebook Group To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! 03:15 - BEAUTY COUNTER: Shop At Beautycounter.com/MelanieAvalon For Something Magical! 04:45 - FOOD SENSE GUIDE: Get Melanie's App To Tackle Your Food Sensitivities! 9:55 - Dr. Pedre's Personal History And Path To Gut Health 17:00 - What Is A Healthy Gut? 19:15 - The 5 Key Roles Of The Gut 20:00 - Why People Struggle With Gut Issues Today 21:45 - Zonulin And Leaky Gut Cell Structure 24:50 - How Fast Does The Gut Take To Heal? 28:00 - Non-Gut Symptoms 28:45 - The Blessings Of GI Issues 31:30 - When To Stop Attacking 33:00 - Why Do We Crave Foods That Hurt Us? 34:30 - Yeast Toxins And Cravings 36:45 - Immune Response To Proteins: IGE vs. IGG 38:30 - IGG And IGE Half Lives 40:50 - Are Food Sensitivity Tests Accurate? 44:15 - Elimination Diets And Healing Crises 50:00 - PREP DISH: Get A Free 2 Week Trial At Prepdish.com/melanieavalon 53:15 - Digesting Proteins 57:00 - How Digestion Works 59:45 - Pancreatic Enzymes 1:01:00 - The Role Of Stress 1:03:00 - Does Taking Enzymes Affect The Gut's Natural Process? 1:06:30 - Other Factors For Digestive Health: Stress, Mindset, Vagus Nerve, Etc. 1:07:15 - Enzymes While Fasting 1:08:00 - The Role of the CNS, ENS, And Vagal Tone 1:10:45 - Chiropractic Care 1:12:45 - Gratitude And Mindset To Heal The Gut 1:14:00 - The Longest Lived Populations 1:14:45 - Gut Microbiome In Shared Households 1:17:10 - DGL (Deglycyrrhizinated Licorice) 1:29:40 - Fasting For Gut Health

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Blutin triggers the release of a chemical signal called zonulin.

0:07.0

These tight junctions like Velcro that keeps the cells that lining intestines together,

0:12.0

loosen up pieces of protein that haven't been completely broken down into their component amino acids can get through.

0:19.0

IGG food testing is kind of like a blurry test. It's giving

0:21.9

you an idea of what's going on, but this is not Rosetta Stone, especially if you come back

0:26.9

with a bunch of food reactions. What the message is is that your gut needs to be healed.

0:32.8

Welcome to the Melanie Avalon biohacking podcast, where we meet the world's top experts to explore the secrets of health, mindset, longevity, and so much more.

0:44.7

Are you ready to take charge of your existence and biohack your life?

0:49.1

This show is for you.

0:50.9

Please keep in mind, we're not dispensing medical advice and are not responsible for any

0:55.9

outcomes you may experience from implementing the tactics lying herein. Are you ready? Let's do this.

1:05.4

Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking podcast. Today's episode is a fascinating conversation with Dr. Vincent Pedre.

1:13.4

He wrote a book called Happy Gut, The Cleansing Program to help you lose weight, gain energy,

1:18.5

and eliminate pain. I was introduced to Dr. Pedra via his publicist, and when his publicist first

1:24.7

sent me the book, I was like, okay, you know, another gut book.

1:28.0

I mean, how many gut books can I read? But honestly, this book is amazing. It goes into so many

1:36.5

topics I have wondered about for so long and the really intense science behind that.

1:41.5

Some of the things we talk about in this episode that I had been

1:44.6

dying to understand more, and I feel like finally I'm now getting a grasp on it, are things like

1:50.8

what actually is leaky gut? Because I think I and many people have a very basic understanding

1:57.1

of leaky gut. Like it just seems to be this thing of, okay, the intestinal cells become

2:01.6

leaky, but there's so much more to that. So Dr. Pedre actually explores, for example,

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