257. How True Wellness Is Achieved by the Power of the Gut-Body-Mind-Spirit Connection with Dr. Vincent Pedre #WellnessWednesdays
Be Well by Kelly Leveque
Kelly Leveque
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🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
For over a decade, Dr. Vincent Pedre, founder of The Happy Gut Life, has devoted his career as a medical doctor to helping patients improve their wellbeing and quality of life by building the foundation of gut health that supports total physical and mental wellness. He believes that healing begins in the kitchen through the foods that we eat.
He inspires people to make the changes that will have a lasting positive impact on their health and the health of their community. His teachings, products, and gut-boosting programs have transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, allowing them to regain the quality of life they were seeking.
Dr. Pedre has been a leader in the gut space since the success of his first book, The Happy Gut Life. His latest, The Gut Smart Protocol, is a culmination of his 20 plus years of clinical experience and research as a functional gut expert. In today's episode, we learn all about his new book and how true wellness is achieved by the power of the gut-body-mind-spirit connection.
We also cover…
00:01:00 — Using Meditation & Functional Medicine to Reverse Gut Issues
• Growing up with gut issues and how it impacts quality of life
• Using meditation to conquer fears
• The difference between Western and functional medicine approaches to healing the body
• How the microbiome functions and what it does
• The connection between antibiotics and leaky gut
00:25:00 — Cultivating the Gut-Body-Mind-Spirit Connection
• The main culprits of leaky gut
• Why we need to look at the whole system of the body
• What factors impact the gut the most?
• Environmental threats to gut health
• Why you have to cut out alcohol to heal the gut
• Overcoming the mental hurdle of making lifestyle changes
• How to take action in your health journey
• Tips for anyone who’s sober curious
00:41:00 — Smart Tools for Improving Gut Health
• How stress impacts healing
• Tools to calm stress
• Recognizing the benefits of facing challenges
• Different foods that can heal the gut
• Is cheese good for your gut?
• Treating your gut like your friend
• Gut Love Meditation: gutsmartprotocol.com/recordings
Resources:
• Instagram: @drpedre
• Website: gutsmartprotocol.com
• Twitter: @drpedre
• Facebook: Dr. Vincent Pedre
• Read: Happy Gut Life by Dr. Vincent Pedre
• Read: The Gut Smart Protocol by Dr. Vincent Pedre
• Shop: Mullein Garlic Herbal Oil
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| 0:00.0 | we're starting to look at the body through the lens of the microbiome in a way that we never did. |
| 0:05.8 | And part of the reason for it is that the science is finally catching up and showing how important |
| 0:12.8 | it is for everything. Like you said, metabolism, energy, your skin, your joints, your bones, |
| 0:18.2 | it even plays a role in osteoporosis, your brain health, including dementia and Alzheimer's. |
| 0:26.5 | So there's links with all of these things with gut health and longevity, |
| 0:31.1 | like living to a hundred and beyond. A lot of that has to do with the type of gut microbiome that |
| 0:37.6 | you have in your gut. |
| 0:43.8 | For over a decade, Dr. Pedro, founder of the Happy Gut Life, has devoted his career as a medical |
| 0:49.6 | doctor to helping patients improve their well-being and quality of life. By building the foundation |
| 0:54.7 | of gut health that supports total physical and mental wellness. He believes that healing |
| 0:59.8 | begins in the kitchen through the foods that we eat. His teachings, products, and gut boosting |
| 1:04.5 | programs have transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, allowing them to regain |
| 1:10.0 | the quality of life they were seeking. With them, he inspires people to make the changes that will |
| 1:15.5 | have a lasting positive impact on their health and the health of their community. Dr. Pedro |
| 1:20.8 | has been a leader in the gut space since the success of his first book. His latest book, |
| 1:25.7 | The Gut Smart Protocol, is a culmination of his 20 plus years of clinical experience and research |
| 1:31.2 | as a functional gut expert. In today's episode, we're going to learn all about his new book and how |
| 1:37.2 | true wellness is achieved by the power of the gut body, mind, spirit connection. Let's welcome my |
| 1:43.5 | friend Dr. Pedro to the show. Dr. Pedro, it's been so many years that we've been friends and I'm |
| 1:52.3 | so excited to have you on the podcast today to talk about your new book, The Gut Smart Protocol. |
| 1:56.4 | When we first met, it was 2017 in your first book, The Happy Gut Head Come Out. We met at the |
| 2:01.6 | mind body green revitalized conference and I've been following your work ever since. I love |
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