Hey, this is Ari. Welcome back to the Energy Blueprint Podcast. With me today is Dr. Vincent

Pedra, who is the medical director of Pedra Integrative Health and founder of Dr. Pedra Wellness,

nutraceutical consultant and spokesperson for Nature MD, CEO of Happy

Gut Life, LLC, and a functional medicine certified practitioner with a concierge's practice in New York City

since 2004. He believes the gut is the gateway to excellent wellness. As the best-selling author

of Happy Gut, the cleansing program to

help you lose weight, gain energy, and eliminate pain, featuring his proprietary blueprint

for healing the gut, the gut care program, he has helped thousands around the world resolve

their gut health issues. On a personal note, I will say that I really enjoyed

connecting with Dr. Pedret and getting his insight into a number of controversial gut health

related issues. And I found this conversation really fun and insightful. So I hope you will

enjoy it and get a lot of value from it. So Dr. Pedret,

thank you so much for coming on the show. It's a pleasure to have you. Hey, man, I've been following

you for quite a while on Facebook. Love your post. So I'm really excited to be here. Thank you for

having me on. Thank you so much, my friend. The feeling's very mutual. I've been meaning to have you on for a long time since your book came out, what, two years ago, something like that.

Oh, no, it's been crazy. No, six plus years ago.

What? Oh, my gosh. Time flies. Yeah. That is crazy.

Years ago. And you have another book coming out soon, right?

Next year. Next year. And what's the title of that one? I know I was just, I commented on the cover

designs for it. Yeah, thank you. The gut smart protocol. The gut smart protocol. I like it.

Okay. So given that it's the gut smart protocol, you're known as America's gut

doctor. How did you get there? How did you develop an interest in gut health and end up specializing

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