455: Fix Your Microbiome to Lose Weight and Age in Reverse | Dr. William Davis
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2022
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/drwilliamdavis455
Dr. William Davis (IG: @drdavisinfinitehealth) is a renowned preventive cardiologist and author of the groundbreaking #1 New York Times bestseller Wheat Belly. He’s also written three other New York Times bestsellers and several other books including Undoctored, which is the book we discussed the first time he was on the show.
Today we’re chatting about Dr. Davis’ latest book, Super Gut and his new approach to gut health. This strategy not only gets to the root of many diseases, but also improves levels of oxytocin (the hormone of love and empathy) & brain health + promotes anti-aging and weight loss.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Dr. Davis’ fascination with gut health
- Defining SIBO, SIFO and dysbiosis
- How microbes & LPS can enter the bloodstream
- Signs & symptoms of SIBO
- 2 herbal antibiotic recommendations to treat SIBO
- Treating SIBO with good bacteria
- Dr. Davis' L. reuteri fermented yogurt
- Paying attention to probiotic species & strains
- Lactobacillus reuteri releases the hormone oxytocin
- The disappearance of L. reuteri over the years
- What are keystone species? + Ways to restore them
- The secret to making fermented yogurt at home
- Ideally, mom will expose baby to Bifidobacterium infantis
- The probiotic of the future
- Fermented foods vs. prebiotic fibers
- Dr. Davis' “love dream”
- The overuse of antibiotics
- The tragedy of statin drugs
- How to minimize the damage of antibiotics
- Dr. Davis' fermented cider recipe
- Machine recommendations for making fermented yogurt
- Prebiotic fiber recommendations
- SIBO & prebiotic fiber
- How much prebiotic fiber should you consume?
- Raw white potato is a great source of prebiotic fiber
- Tips to avoid the recurrence of SIBO
- Treating SIFO (fungus) with supplements
- Die-off reactions + supplements to help tame them
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Related links:
Dr. William Davis - Super Gut (book)
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Dr. William Davis - Undoctored (book)
Dr. William Davis - Wheat Belly (book)
Listen to Dr. William Davis previously on TUHP (episode #153)
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| 0:00.0 | coming up on the Ultimate Health podcast. |
| 0:02.4 | If people say things like, oh no, |
| 0:04.5 | I can't eat nightshades, like eggplant or tomatoes. |
| 0:08.2 | I can't eat fod maps, I can't eat anything |
| 0:11.9 | with fructose, like fruit. |
| 0:13.9 | I can't eat legumes, oh no. |
| 0:16.0 | I get bloating gas there. |
| 0:18.2 | That, the problem is not the food. |
| 0:20.4 | The problem is you have cereal. |
| 0:21.9 | Hello and welcome to Ultimate Health podcast episode 455. |
| 0:31.7 | I'm Jesse Chapus and I'm here to take your help to the next level. |
| 0:35.2 | Each week I'll bring you in-depth conversations with health and wellness leaders from around |
| 0:38.9 | the world. |
| 0:39.9 | This week, Dr. William Davis is back on the show. |
| 0:42.6 | He's a renowned preventive cardiologist and author of the groundbreaking number one |
| 0:46.5 | New York Times bestseller, Wheat Belly. |
| 0:49.3 | He's also written three other New York Times bestsellers and several other books, including |
| 0:53.7 | Undoctored, which is the book we discussed the first time he is on the show. |
| 0:57.5 | Today, we're chatting about Dr. Davis's latest book Super Gut and his new approach that |
| 1:02.0 | not only gets to the root of many diseases, but also improves levels of oxytocin and |
| 1:07.3 | brain health and promotes anti-aging and weight loss. |
| 1:11.2 | Highlights of our conversation include signs and symptoms you have SIBO, what are keystone |
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