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Alright, so let's talk about how to stop diarrhea.

Now one of the big problems when you have diarrhea is you can become very, very deficient

in electrolytes really fast and certain nutrients that can create huge problems for your

heart and you might feel dizzy because one of the purposes in your colon and even a small

intestine is to absorb these electrolytes and you need the electrolytes for your heart.

So if we're depleting them, it can create an electrolyte problem and you're going to

notice it with the rhythm of your heart, whether it's a palpitation or an arrhythmia.

So we don't want to have diarrhea for a very long time because that can be dangerous.

So when you have diarrhea, you're eliminating electrolytes, fluid can become dehydrated,

salts, okay?

Also probiotics like microbes, you're getting rid of those and you're also losing acids,

okay?

So there's an acid called lactic acid which you need in your colon to help you absorb nutrients

as well as defend yourself against certain pathogenic microbes.

So it has other functions as well.

So basically all these things are wiped out and so what we want to do if you have diarrhea

is we want to make sure we put them back in and it wouldn't hurt also to add trace minerals

back in there too because one of the big problems around the world with major zinc deficiencies

in children is diarrhea.

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