Hi, I'm Katie from WalnutSmama.com.

Welcome to Episode 9 of the WalnutSmama Podcast, where I provide simple answers for healthier families.

Did you know that according to a recent report, 29.9 million pounds of antibiotics were sold in the US for meat and poultry production,

which is almost four times the 7.7 pounds, million pounds sold to treat sick humans.

There's a lot of research showing that antibiotics given to livestock are contributing to resistance strains of bacteria.

This is yet another reason to focus on high quality and humanly raised meats, since these animals are typically exposed to fewer antibiotics.

Overuse of antibiotics can also contribute to gut problems, which we will be talking about in depth today.

Today's guest is an expert in gut health and a personal friend of mine.

Steve Wright writes at scdlifestyle.com and is the creator of the Solving Leaky Gut System for dealing with digestive troubles.

After a personal diagnosis with IBS and unsatisfying answers from the medical community,

he researched his way into the specific carbohydrate diet and has reversed his problems with careful diet, supplement, and lifestyle changes.

He now works to educate others about the real cause of digestive issues and to help others get well.

Welcome Steve, thanks so much for being here.

Thanks Katie, I'm excited for our conversation.

Awesome, we'll just jump right in. Can you tell us a little bit about your personal story and how you started writing about digestive health?

Yeah, of course. As we've talked a few times, I feel like people are either what I call from birth.

So I used to see consulting clients with the various typically and digestive issues, but all types of chronic health complaints.

People tend to be either from birth people or there was a trigger point in their life in which everything changed.

They went from completely healthy to this downward spiral.

My story is I was a from birth person. I was born with a hydroceal hernia and it went kind of undiscovered for a long time.

I was eating and ended up having to use some drugs just to get me to eat and stay alive and then I had young surgery.

One thing led to another, I have really bad acne in pre-high school and then getting into high school.

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