Coming up on the Mark Divine Show.

70 to 90% of your immune system actually resides in your gut.

It's where your immune cells grow and develop and mature, it circulate.

I mean, if you look at your small intestine,

it's only one cell between things traveling

between your intestine to your bloodstream,

your lymphotic system, two cells in your large intestine.

So if you have anything in that

it's inflamed you get these leaks, these gaps, things pass through,

circulate around the superhighway which is your bloodstream causing issues

inflammation and affecting other areas.

So to say your guts connected to everything is absolutely no stretch, I argue,

our gut bacteria are more important than our DNA.

Welcome to the Mark Devine show. I'm your host, Mark Devine. Thanks so much for

joining me today. Superstoke to have you here. On the show I explore what it means

to be fearless through the lens of the world's most inspirational,

compassionate and courageous leaders. I speak to folks from all walks of life,

martial arts grandmasters, CEOs, Navy SEALs, and folks on the cutting edge of holistic health, such as my guest today, Josh Deck.

We're going to be talking about how the gut is connected to all things in your life, your mood, your sleep, your energy

focus, your mental health, your physical performance, and more.

Josh is a former paramedic, he's a holistic nutritionist, he's a lecturer on the gut, and a specialist whose progressive work in the field of inflammatory

bowel diseases has connected him with some of the world's leading doctors and researchers,

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