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Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

Are You Even Digesting Protein? Optimize Your Gut with Dr. Chris Jenski

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

Vanessa Spina

Nutrition, Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.6795 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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0:00.0

I think more importantly, you have to factor in, is this person digesting protein appropriately to begin with?

0:05.1

And I'm maldigested protein for a really long time. And that was a problem. And part of the reason why I had some of the metabolic issues is because even though I was eating enough protein, I wasn't really converting it into component amino acids and utilizing them.

0:17.7

Welcome to the optimal protein podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina.

0:24.6

Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm your host, Vanessa, and I am so excited for today's episode. We have Dr. Christian

0:31.3

Jensky joining us today. He is a former emergency department MD who practiced emergency medicine on off since 2003.

0:41.3

And he began training to get into functional and integrative medicine personally after his own health journey and health struggles.

0:52.3

And he is an absolute expert when it comes to the gut.

0:56.7

We got to talk about so many fascinating topics on the episode today. What happens when you are

1:03.4

eating a high protein diet and you are not actually able to absorb it and break it down?

1:09.1

We talk about that towards the end of the episode, but we talk

1:12.3

all about the gut, what makes a healthy gut. Why does all health and optimal health start with the

1:18.6

gut? We talk about SIBO and carnivore and ketogenic diets and fasting and how keto and fasting

1:26.5

can be amazing resets for the gut and so many

1:30.8

incredible topics including the mitochondria and so much more. I really enjoyed this episode.

1:37.7

I'm sure that you will get a ton of takeaways and valuable information from it as well.

1:44.0

And I can't wait to chat more with you about it in our Facebook group. of takeaways and valuable information from it as well.

1:44.5

And I can't wait to chat more with you about it in our Facebook group for the

1:48.7

Optimal Protein Podcast, which is called the Optimal Protein Podcast group on Facebook.

1:54.5

Now, before we jump into the episode with Dr. Jensky today, I want to take a really quick moment to tell you about a very exciting company that has had a scientific breakthrough.

2:07.7

How do you know if you're actually getting enough magnesium? Because four out of five Americans aren't.

2:14.2

And that's a big problem because magnesium is involved in over 300 biochemical processes

2:20.5

in the body. Today I want to talk to you about the most common science to look for that could

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