If I were to eat, say, a whole sleeve of these here cookies, what's going to happen to my gut?

Anything that you put into your mouth is ultimately going to come into contact with your gut microbes.

So, our food choices, whatever it is that we choose, ultimately is going to impact our health.

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This is Episode 86 of Season 5, number 385 overall.

There is a study that was just released showing once again that ultra-processed foods can lead to an early death.

This one out of Brazil showed that 10.5% of all deaths of people between the ages of 30 and 69 can be attributed to eating ultra-processed foods.

And what this study found was that not eating these ultra-processed foods like potato chips and cookies and frozen pizzas,

taking those out of the diet could save lives. A lot of lives.

And my guest today says a lot of the damage that's being done starts right in the gut.

Dr. Will Bolswitz is back with us. He was on the Exam Room Live this week,

and also today, because he was making a house call, we opened up the doctor's mailbag answered questions sent in by the Exam Roomies.

We've got questions on food intolerance. And how will you know the foods that you have a sensitivity to?

And another one, how can you measure microbiome, fermented foods and acid reflux? Can they help? And healthy snacks?

If you're not eating those chips, then what?

And the chips are exactly where we will be starting today. What do those chips and things like moon pies and doughnuts and even a can of soup?

What do they do to your gut? Well, let's find out.

Dr. Will Bolswitz, good to see you, man.

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