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I'm going to start the show today with an interesting quote from Dr. Alan R. Gabby. He's the author

of Nutritional Medicine, and it's a science-based nutrition reference book, and it's for

physicians and health care practitioners. In his book, he writes, Big Max lead to Zantak, which

leads to Prozac. So I'll repeat that. It's kind of a mouthful. So Bigs lead to Xantac, which leads to Prozac.

So I'll repeat that.

It's kind of a mouthful.

So Big Macs lead to Xantac, which is an acid reflux medication, which leads to Prozac, which is an antidepressant.

And so what he's trying to say is eating processed foods, making poor food choices like eating Big Macs can lead to digestive issues. And those digestive issues might get so bad that

the person requires an acid blocker. and the example was Xantac.

Taking Xantac for an extended period of time can lead to an inability to break down proteins.

And when we can't break down proteins in our digestive tract, this can result in having a deficiency in certain amino acids.

And we need these amino acids to make things like neurotransmitters, like serotonin,

which is that happy, feel-good, calming neurotransmitter.

And eventually that can lead down the road to depression.

And so often an antidepressant, as Prozac is prescribed. So it's kind of that, it's a vicious cycle and we just thought it was

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