Welcome to Spirit Jim. What if the pharmaceutical industry has been ignoring one of nature's

most powerful medicines because it can't be patented? Today's guest will make you rethink everything

you know about the gut microbiome. Alex Martinez is a Harvard lawyer turned biotech revolutionary

who spent years inside big farmer watching them develop

toxic drugs for rare diseases while ignoring the chronic conditions affecting millions.

He got so disgusted that he went searching for a better way.

What he found were the molecules in mother's milk, human milk oligocachyres, that act like a reset button

for your entire gut ecosystem. And he didn't just research them in a lab. He became his own

test subject, curing his severe IBS and discovering benefits that go way beyond digestion.

We're talking muscle recovery, pain reduction, inflammation control and cognitive enhancement,

all from molecules nature designed to program human health from birth.

Before we get started, we'd like to say thank you for listening,

as this podcast would not be possible without you, our subscribers and followers. We'd also like say thank you for listening, as this podcast would not be possible without you,

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means that we can keep bringing new episodes to you. Here are Paul and Alex, as they dive deep

into bacterial consciousness, the intelligence of water, why your gut is actually your first brain,

and how we've systematically destroyed our connection to the microbial world that's

supposed to keep us healthy.

Okay, you guys, I've been wanting to have a good conversation on the gut microbiome for a long

time, and I think today is that special day.

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