Hey folks, this is Abel James and thanks so much for joining us on the Fat Burning Man

Show where we talk about real food and real results.

These days it's fashionable to pop antibiotics like tic-tacs and it's almost impossible

not to feel pressured into pumping sanitizer onto our hands when we enter or leave any

store.

But did you know that even the occasional use of antibiotics, hand sanitizers and other

germ killers can wreak havoc on your long term health?

Evidence is mounting that this germaphobic, clean craze or obsession with anti-biotics,

hand sanitizer and sterile environments is actually making us sicker.

Why?

Because our bodies were perfectly designed to have a symbiotic relationship with some

bacteria, protozoa and even viruses.

When you wipe all of those bugs away, your immune system can turn on itself, hence the

current epidemic of autoimmunity.

And if we stop to take a quick look at the chemical ingredients in some of these hand

sanitizers, you may notice things like trickless Anne, which is an endocrine disruptor and

toxic to microbes and can actually cause thyroid issues and a lot of other problems.

So in this special throwback episode that seems more timely than ever, we're here with

Dr. Robin Chukkin, a leading expert in the world of gut health and one of the most recognizable

gastroenterologists working in America.

She has a BS from Yale and an MD from Columbia and is the best selling author of multiple

books including Gut Blis, The Microbiome Solution and The Blot Cure.

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