So a forest burns down to the ground.

Now, we could take all these little seedlings, probiotics, and plant them.

I got news for you, that forest is not going to regrow for 20 years to become a true tropical rainforest.

And yet we somehow think that we can just swallow some probiotics and it'll be fine.

Welcome back. I am absolutely giddy to bring you this episode. There are some people

that I've learned from from afar for years and years and years. And then you track them down and you kind of stalk them gently on the internet until finally you break them and they come on your podcast as a guest.

And that for me is Dr. Stephen Gundry. I'm thrilled to have him on. He is a world-renowned cardiothoracic surgeon. He's a gut health expert. He is an author of multiple New York

Times selling books. He has taught me so much about health through all of his books. He has a new one

called the gut brain paradox, and that digs into the hidden link between your gut and your mood

and your cravings and even your long-term brain health. It is wild. But before we jump in,

you're going to hear him use the word lectin, and because of a lack of time, we didn't go deep

to define it. Lectins are proteins in certain plants that act like a natural defense system. For

some people, it can irritate the gut lining and trigger inflammation. So that's beans, lentils, tomatoes,

peanuts, cashews, wheat, things like that. I just wanted you to be on the same page about what lectins are

because we don't go into it when Dr. Gundry talks about them. But in this episode, we're going to talk

about why your gut is running more of your life than you may think, how hidden

inflammation affects your mood and your decision making, and what you can do today to get better

brain clarity, better digestion, and better energy. You know I'm obsessed about that. So there's so

much that science is learning right now with what's going on with the gut. I talk about what I've

been through with my own gut dysbiosis and trying to get my bacteria right, why I stopped

the keto diet, what I'm doing. And Dr. Gundry breaks down all of his information in a really

simple, helpful, practical way. So before we dive into the show of Dr. Gundry, I want to share.

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