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Okay, so I am experimenting with peppering in some excerpts from commune courses here on the podcast. We have built such an incredible library of teachers and

programs that it seems only logical to leverage this platform as a means to further spread these valuable ideas. Of course,

I will continue to feature new interviews and musings as well. Today's episode is an excerpt from

Dr. Mary Pardy's commune course, Gut Health, which offers a deep dive into how you can enjoy a healthy

digestive system, from microbiome essentials

to discussions about specific gut conditions like irritable bowel syndrome, reflux, and leaky gut.

You can enjoy this program free for five days at onecommon.com slash gut. In this lesson,

Dr. Mary takes us through the full digestion process,

from plate to toilet. It's an incredible feat of biology, but it can also sometimes go wrong

along the way. The more you know, the better you can take care of your gut. You can learn more about commune at OneCommun.com.

And connect with us on Instagram at OneCommon and at Jeff Krasno. I hope you enjoy this lesson

with Dr. Mary Pardee.

Today we're diving straight into how the digestive system works, so we have a better understanding of how things can go wrong.

Your gastrointestinal or a GI tract is responsible for the digestion, the absorption of

all the food and fluids you consume every single day. It somehow takes things like kale and chicken and breaks them down to single amino acids,

fats, glucose, which are all absorbed over the intestinal wall and made into energy by your cells.

But in order to get from food to energy, we need a healthy GI tract to start with.

Now we're going to start with just that.

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